ArticleMidwifery2020
Swedish midwives' experiences and views of amniotomy: An interview study.
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- 'I pack two birth bags': women's accounts of preparing for hospital or roadside birth during maternity unit closures in rural northern Sweden.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Is amniotomy a risk factor for severe perineal trauma? -A Swedish nationwide register study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Caul birth: A retrospective cohort study on prevalence, predictors, and maternal and neonatal outcomes.European journal of midwifery · 2026Article
- Incidence and risk factors for umbilical cord prolapse in labor when amniotomy is used and with spontaneous rupture of membranes: A Swedish nationwide register study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Observation of non-recommended (harmful) intrapartum practices among obstetric care providers in public hospitals in southern Ethiopia, 2023.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The Correct Indication to Induce Labour in a Swiss Cantonal Hospital.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence of amniotomy in Sweden: a nationwide register study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore midwives' experiences and views of amniotomy.
designA qualitative inductive design was used. Data were collected using interviews and analysed with content analysis carried out with NVivo 12. SETTING AND
participantsSixteen midwives working at delivery wards at three hospitals in the south of Sweden.
findingsThree categories emerged: "Promote, protect and support the physiological process of labour", "To make the decision -to do or not to do" and "Unpredictable response". The overall theme linking the three categories was "We become our decisions", portraying how midwives carry the responsibility in the decision-making and represent themselves in their handling of amniotomy.
conclusionsAmniotomy was experienced and viewed as both simple and complex, safe and risky, and deciding on it sometimes implied balancing contradicting perspectives. By using midwifery skills in the decision-making for an amniotomy, the midwives tried to predict the response, purposing to support physiological labour and promote health for women and babies.
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