ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
Fertility intentions and the way they change following birth- a prospective longitudinal study.
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- Fertility intention and its determinants of childbearing-age population in China after the three-child policy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
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- The Gendered Mediation Effects of Social Support on Fertility Intentions Among Childless Adults of Reproductive Age in China: National Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis of fertility intention among women of reproductive age.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
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- The Childbearing Motivation Scale (C-CMS): translation, reliability and validity testing.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Pregnancy Intentions and Maternal Health Behaviours: Observational Study in 18 African Countries.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Observational
- Perception and experiences of having children and contraceptive use among women in low-income groups: a qualitative study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
- Development and validation of scales measuring individual, nursing unit, hospital, and community factors related to fertility intentions of female Japanese hospital nurses.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Digital insights: Analyzing the reproductive intentions and influencing factors among urban women in China through online platforms.PloS one · 2025Article
- Pregnancy loss and its predictors among ever-pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multilevel mixed effect negative binomial regression.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with future fertility intentions among Korean women of childbearing age in Seoul: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- Impacts of inequalities in utilization of key maternal health service on fertility preference among high parity women in four selected regions of Ethiopia.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- The current status of primipara's childbirth experience and its correlation with their reproductive intention: a cross-sectional survey study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Influence of perceived stress on fertility intention among women of childbearing age without children: multiple mediating effect of anxiety, family communication and subjective well-being.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- A cross-sectional study of low birth satisfaction during the COVID-19 epidemics' fifth wave.Nursing open · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundWomen's fertility intentions, their desired number of children and desired inter-pregnancy interval (IPI) are related to micro (personal) and macro (socio-cultural) level factors. We investigated factors that contribute to changes in women's fertility intentions in Israel, a developed country with high birth rates.
methodsPregnant women (N = 1163), recruited from prenatal clinics and hospitals in two major metropolitan areas, completed self-report questionnaires prenatally (≥24 weeks gestation) and postpartum (2 months after childbirth). Women reported their socio-demographic background and obstetric history prenatally, their desired number of children and IPI at both time-points, and their objective and subjective birth experiences postpartum.
resultsThe findings indicated that background characteristics were related to prenatal fertility intentions. The strongest contributor to prenatal fertility intentions was women's degree of religiosity- the more religious they were, the more children they desired and the shorter their intended IPI. Women's postpartum fertility intentions were mostly consistent with their prenatal reports. In regression models, women who were very-religious, more educated and had previously given birth were less likely to report a lower number of desired of children at postpartum, compared to their prenatal report. Women who reported greater birth satisfaction and gave birth for the first time were less likely to change desired IPI.
conclusionHaving a negative birth experience could adversely affect women's fertility intentions. Yet, in a pronatalist and medicalized birth culture, social pressures may decrease the effects of birth experiences on fertility intentions.
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