When birth is not as expected: a systematic review of the impact of a mismatch between expectations and experiences

• Main Authors: Rebecca Webb (Author), Susan Ayers (Author), Annick Bogaerts (Author), Ljiljana Jeličić (Author), Paulina Pawlicka (Author), Sarah Van Haeken (Author), Nazihah Uddin (Author), Rita Borg Xuereb (Author), Natalija Kolesnikova (Author), COST action CA18211:DEVoTION team (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pregnancy and childbirth are significant events in women's lives and most women have expectations or plans for how they hope their labour and birth will go. It is possible that strong expectations about labour and birth lead to dissatisfaction or other negative outcomes if t...