“Det var et barn, jeg ikke fik, som jeg skulle have haft”

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”Det var et barn, jeg ikke fik, som jeg skulle have haft”.
Et bachelorprojekt om narrativitet og provokerede sene aborter
Ending the pregnancy: Going through labour and birth
Going through labour and birth without the reward of a healthy baby at the end is likely to be a
difficult experience for most women. The emotional distress that can often accompany ending a
pregnancy may make labour more painful for some women, though others found their labour
less difficult than they had expected. Several women said that going through labour and birth
was an extraordinary experience that they valued because it had brought them together with the
baby.
Reference: A
Her baby was born in the maternity ward and she feels glad that she had a chance to have a
normal birth.
Reference: B
She wanted the baby to be born in a normal delivery suite with a midwife present and she found
the birth went well and that she stayed calm.
Reference: C
Even though she had given birth twice before she found this labour was more physically and
emotionally draining.
There were several key aspects of care that women and their partners particularly valued -
being able to decide where to have the baby, being cared for by an experienced midwife or
nurse, understanding what choices were available about pain relief, and knowing that they could
chose whether or not to see and hold the baby afterwards. (See 'Deciding whether to see,
hold and name the baby').
Reference: D
She found the birth was less demanding physically than she had expected.
Reference: E
Feels she was well looked after by a nurse on a gynaecology ward and was able to self-
administer morphine and gave birth quite easily.
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