ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2025
The traumatic childbirth experience of mothers after emergency cesarean section(EmCS) in China: a descriptive qualitative study.
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- Effects of Watson's Human Caring Theory-based nursing care on fear of childbirth and birth experience: a randomized controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The effect of perceived birth trauma in women with planned cesarean section on maternal and paternal attachment: Path analysis model.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Predictors of Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Traumatic Birth: The Influence of Lifetime Trauma, Violence, and Coping Strategies-A Prospective Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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backgroundEmergency cesarean section (EmCS) is an effective means to save the lives of the mother and fetus. Women who undergo EmCS experience sudden physiological changes and high level of psychological stress response due to its complexity, risks, and urgency. They may consider their delivery as traumatic childbirth. This study aims to understand the traumatic childbirth experience among women who underwent EmCS, as well as providing evidence for developing preventive measures in future.
methodsSixteen women who underwent an EmCS in the past year and experienced traumatic childbirth in a tertiary hospital in Luoyang, Henan Province had participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews between February and May 2023. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.
resultsFour themes and ten sub-themes were extracted from the data: Theme 1: Journey from crisis to renewal: the psychological recovery process of women experienced traumatic childbirth after EmCS (stress phase, reaction phase, emotional processing and adjustment phase, and stabilization and reconstruction phase); Theme 2: Empowering mothers and families: addressing the multifaceted needs of comprehensive perinatal health education (insufficient individualized care: diversity and challenges of maternal needs, the gap in spousal involvement in perinatal health education); Theme 3: The barriers between patient-professional communication in healthcare (breaking the silence: needs to address the ineffective communication, beyond the diagnosis: needs for empathy in healthcare); and Theme 4: Limited family support (the forgotten mothers, husbands' emotional absence).
conclusionsThis study contributed to our understanding of the childbirth process for women undergoing EmCS. Women in this period experienced a range of negative emotions, they were lacking in sufficient health education, good communication between healthcare professionals and adequate family support. The research findings are valuable for us to identify their difficulties and needs, enabling us to provide assistance.
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