“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 Many women who had experienced childbirth before said that this labour 'felt different'. Several said the labour took longer and others felt that this labour had been more painful than others because their emotions 'were wrapped up in it'. Several women felt that neither their minds nor bodies were 'ready to lose the baby'. Reference: F She attributes her painful labour to her body and mind not being ready to lose the baby. Reference: G She felt no one was interested in the baby and felt guilty that she had accepted an epidural. Some of the women who felt their labour and delivery did not go as they had hoped were first- time mothers who hadn't been to antenatal classes and didn't know how to cope with labour. Several women who had never given birth before said they would have liked more pro-active support - some felt they had been left to cope alone for long periods of time, and several had delivered their babies with no one except their partners present in the room. Reference: H She had never had a baby before and didn't know when she was in labour and found herself alone when the baby was born. Reference: I She was promised support during labour and delivery but felt that she did not receive it. Pain relief Most women, though not all, had pain relief. Some were advised by health professionals that 'there was no point being brave' because pain relief would not affect the baby. Most women took whatever form of pain relief they were offered - sometimes women had been given a pethidine injection, others said they had taken morphine or diamorphine. Several women took responsibility for their own pain relief and were attached to a PCA device (see resources)). Some women found the drug (most said it was morphine) did not control their pain as much as making them 'feel out of it' and several had taken so much pain relief that they had passed out. Many regretted taking morphine because they felt sick and also because some women found that they lost control of what was happening to them and the baby. 63
Reference: J ”Det var et barn, jeg ikke fik, som jeg skulle have haft”. Et bachelorprojekt om narrativitet og provokerede sene aborter She chose to take morphine not realising that her baby was about to be born and she regretted it because the morphine made her sick and sleepy. Reference: K He felt helpless as there was nothing he could do to help his wife as she gave birth. A few women had gone through labour and delivery with little or no pain relief - one woman who had given birth to 4 children said she 'just got on with it' - another woman had gas and air. Reference: L She found that gas and air provided enough pain relief for her on this occasion so that she was able to deliver her baby quite easily. A few women had asked for an epidural and found that staff were reluctant to give them. Several people didn't understand why it was difficult to get an epidural - some wondered if they cost too much. One woman thought that health professionals might be reluctant to provide epidurals because they felt that women were experiencing 'emotional' rather than genuine physical pain. Occasionally women wanted to have - or thought they could have - a caesarean section to avoid going through any kind of labour pain, but caesarean sections are not usually performed in these circumstances. Women who felt they should have been treated with greater sensitivity during this difficult time, or who sensed that midwives disapproved of what they were doing or who wanted to avoid caring for them, felt disappointed and let down with their care. Reference: M Describes her labour and epidural neither of which went as well as she had hoped. Women were very sensitive about how the baby was handled during and after labour; they wanted the baby to be protected and cared for after s/he was delivered and not left alone or taken away from them for too long. (See also 'Deciding whether to see, hold and name the baby'.) 64
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