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ArticleNursing & health sciences2026

What Is My Role? A Qualitative Study of Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Experiences of Partners.

Beatriz Pereda-Goikoetxea, Montserrat Fiaño-Santos, Sonia Tomas-Riscado, Marijose Uranga-Iturriotz, Joseba Xabier Huitzi-Egilegor

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Article in Nursing & health sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Beatriz Pereda-GoikoetxeaFaculty of Medicine and Nursing. Department of Nursing II, University of the Basque Country (EHU), San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-5884
Montserrat Fiaño-SantosDonostia University Hospital, Maternity Service, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Sonia Tomas-RiscadoDonostia University Hospital, Maternity Service, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5120-0033
Marijose Uranga-IturriotzFaculty of Medicine and Nursing. Department of Nursing II, University of the Basque Country (EHU), San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-4755
Joseba Xabier Huitzi-EgilegorFaculty of Medicine and Nursing. Department of Nursing II, University of the Basque Country (EHU), San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3006-3646

Funding

Spanish Federation of Midwifery Associations (Federación Española de Asociaciones de Matronas-FAME) and Mustela Foundation (11/2022)University of the Basque Country (EHU) (12/2025)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explores partners' roles during labor, birth, and the postpartum period, and the factors influencing their performance. A qualitative interpretive phenomenological approach was adopted to explore participants' lived experiences. A total of 31 partners participated in semi-structured face-to-face interviews using open-ended questions. The roles performed by partners can be grouped into a single role: comprehensive caregiver of the birthing woman and the newborn, encompassing physical, emotional, and social care. Facilitators included effective communication, access to information, a sense of involvement, and prior experience, whereas barriers comprised insufficient support, exclusion, uncertainty, and undervaluation of their role. This dynamic role evolves through sociocultural expectations, feedback with professionals, and institutional policies, highlighting the importance of supporting partners to strengthen family-centred care.

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Labor, ObstetricParturitionPostpartum PeriodSpousesAdultFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMalePregnancyQualitative Researchfamily‐centered carefathersmidwiferypartner involvementparturitionpostpartum periodqualitative research

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PMID41456949
PMCPMC12745183

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