The association of a past childbirth experience with a variety of early physical and mental symptoms in subsequent pregnancies
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The association of a past childbirth experience with a variety of early physical and mental symptoms in subsequent pregnancies. / Davidsen, Agnes S.; Birkmose, Anna R.; Kragstrup, Jakob; Siersma, Volkert; Ertmann, Ruth K.
In: Midwifery, Vol. 112, 103406, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The association of a past childbirth experience with a variety of early physical and mental symptoms in subsequent pregnancies
AU - Davidsen, Agnes S.
AU - Birkmose, Anna R.
AU - Kragstrup, Jakob
AU - Siersma, Volkert
AU - Ertmann, Ruth K.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Some women have a perceived negative experience of childbirth due to various reasonse.g., obstetric complications or the feeling of loss of control. We do not know enough about the effects of a perceived negative experience of a childbirth on a woman's subsequent pregnancies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a previously perceived negative childbirth experience affects a woman's physical and mental well-being in a later pregnancy. Methods: A prospective cohort study in Danish general practice, based on information about women's childbirth experiences from the Pregnancy Health Record filled in by the general practitioner (GP) and data from an electronic questionnaire completed by the women. Results: A total of 1288 women were included in the analysis. Women who had given birth before were found to have a significantly higher risk of experiencing nausea, varicose veins and uterine contractions, and a lower risk of pelvic cavity pain in the current pregnancy. Women having given birth before were significantly more likely to assess their physical fitness as poor and to experience poor well-being. Women with a perceived negative experience of childbirth had more sleep problems and a higher prevalence of poor self-rated health than women with unproblematic childbirth experience. Conclusion: This study showed that women with a previously perceived negative experience of childbirth are affected according to their mental health in their subsequent pregnancy (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
AB - Background: Some women have a perceived negative experience of childbirth due to various reasonse.g., obstetric complications or the feeling of loss of control. We do not know enough about the effects of a perceived negative experience of a childbirth on a woman's subsequent pregnancies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a previously perceived negative childbirth experience affects a woman's physical and mental well-being in a later pregnancy. Methods: A prospective cohort study in Danish general practice, based on information about women's childbirth experiences from the Pregnancy Health Record filled in by the general practitioner (GP) and data from an electronic questionnaire completed by the women. Results: A total of 1288 women were included in the analysis. Women who had given birth before were found to have a significantly higher risk of experiencing nausea, varicose veins and uterine contractions, and a lower risk of pelvic cavity pain in the current pregnancy. Women having given birth before were significantly more likely to assess their physical fitness as poor and to experience poor well-being. Women with a perceived negative experience of childbirth had more sleep problems and a higher prevalence of poor self-rated health than women with unproblematic childbirth experience. Conclusion: This study showed that women with a previously perceived negative experience of childbirth are affected according to their mental health in their subsequent pregnancy (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
KW - Childbirth experience
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Self -rated health
KW - Sleep
KW - Pregnancy symptoms
KW - SELF-RATED HEALTH
KW - BIRTH EXPERIENCE
KW - RISK-FACTORS
KW - TRAUMATIC BIRTH
KW - WOMENS
KW - SLEEP
KW - POSTPARTUM
KW - IMPACT
KW - FEAR
U2 - 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103406
DO - 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103406
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35772244
VL - 112
JO - Midwifery
JF - Midwifery
SN - 0266-6138
M1 - 103406
ER -
ID: 318157023