Women and Birth

Article	Citations
Pregnant women voice their concerns and birth expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy	141
The experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A qualitative study	109
The impact of COVID-19 on pregnant womens’ experiences and perceptions of antenatal maternity care, social support, and stress-reduction strategies	68
Perinatal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	62
Caring for the carers: Ensuring the provision of quality maternity care during a global pandemic	57
Psychological distress in pregnancy and postpartum	52
Perceived social support and prenatal wellbeing; The mediating effects of loneliness and repetitive negative thinking on anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic	50
Women’s experiences of birth trauma: A scoping review	50
Perspectives on antenatal education associated with pregnancy outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	50
“Overwhelmed and out of my depth”: Responses from early career midwives in the United Kingdom to the Work, Health and Emotional Lives of Midwives study	47
Perspectives of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	46
The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of respectful maternity care: Findings from a global survey of health workers	46
The childbirth experience: A systematic review of predictors and outcomes	44
Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	44
Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons	44
What are women’s mode of birth preferences and why? A systematic scoping review	43
Differences in levels of stress, social support, health behaviours, and stress-reduction strategies for women pregnant before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and based on phases of pandemic restrict	41
Breastfeeding experiences and perspectives among women with postnatal depression: A qualitative evidence synthesis	40
Midwifery workplace culture in Australia: A national survey of midwives	39
Social support, parental role competence and satisfaction among Chinese mothers and fathers in the early postpartum period: A cross-sectional study	36
Prenatal stress, health, and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey	36
The magnitude of the problem of obstetric violence and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study	35
What exercise advice are women receiving from their healthcare practitioners during pregnancy?	33
Induction of labour indications and timing: A systematic analysis of clinical guidelines	33
Understanding stillbirth stigma: A scoping literature review	33

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	30
Implementation and upscaling of midwifery continuity of care: The experience of midwives and obstetricians	30
Developing and testing a mobile application for breastfeeding support: The Milky Way application	29
The outbreak of coronavirus disease in China: Risk perceptions, knowledge, and information sources among prenatal and postnatal women	28
Why do some health care providers disrespect and abuse women during childbirth in India?	28
Effect of health literacy interventions on pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review	28
The effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on vaccine decisions in pregnant women	28
Experiences and attitudes of midwives during the birth of a pregnant woman with COVID-19 infection: A qualitative study	28
The future of the Australian midwifery workforce – impacts of ageing and workforce exit on the number of registered midwives	26
Childbirth experience in women participating in a continuity of midwifery care project	25
Midwives in a pandemic: A call for solidarity and compassion	25
The experiences of childbearing women who tested positive to COVID-19 during the pandemic in northern Italy	25
Women's experiences with breastfeeding in public: An integrative review	25
Probiotics and human lactational mastitis: A scoping review	23
The influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women at a hospital-based labour ward in Sweden: An ethnographic study	23
Opportunities for enhancing pregnancy planning and preconception health behaviours of Australian women	23
The impact of planning for COVID-19 on private practising midwives in Australia	22
A qualitative study of first time mothers’ experiences of postnatal social support from health professionals in England	22
Perspectives on preconception health among migrant women in Australia: A qualitative study	22
Traditional birth attendants’ roles and homebirth choices in Ethiopia: A qualitative study	22
Women's experiences of interventions for fear of childbirth in the perinatal period: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research evidence	21
The labor and birth experience of women with opioid use disorder: A qualitative study	21
“If you don’t ask … you don’t tell”: Refugee women’s perspectives on perinatal mental health screening	20
Yummy Mummy — The ideal of not looking like a mother	20
Midwives providing woman-centred care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A national qualitative study	20
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review	20
Childbearing women’s experiences of the maternity care system in Australia during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	20
A call for action that cannot go to voicemail: Research activism to urgently improve Indigenous perinatal health and wellbeing	19
Stillbirth in Australia 2: Working together to reduce stillbirth in Australia: The Safer Baby Bundle initiative	19
Postpartum women’s experiences of social and healthcare professional support during the COVID-19 pandemic: A recurrent cross-sectional thematic analysis	18
Implementing innovative evidence-based perinatal mental health screening for women of refugee background	18
Large gaps in the quality of healthcare experienced by Swedish mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO standards	18
Parental experiences with changes in maternity care during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed-studies systematic review	18
Cultural perspectives on vaginal birth after previous caesarean section in countries with high and low rates — A hermeneutic study	18
Infant feeding beliefs and practices of Arabic mothers in Australia	18
Stillbirth in Australia 1: The road to now: Two decades of stillbirth research and advocacy in Australia	18
Measuring respect and autonomy in Dutch maternity care: Applicability of two measures	17
A phenomenological exploration of parenting after birth trauma: Mothers perceptions of the first year	17
Clinical guidelines for caring for women with COVID-19 during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period	17
Breastfeeding and emerging motherhood identity: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of first time Chinese Australian mothers’ breastfeeding experiences	17
Intrapartum cardiotocograph monitoring and perinatal outcomes for women at risk: Literature review	17
Midwifery Student Evaluation of Practice: The MidSTEP tool — Perceptions of clinical learning experiences	17
Midwifery students’ perspectives on how role models contribute to becoming a midwife: A qualitative study	16
Caring for Mum On Country: Exploring the transferability of the Birthing On Country RISE framework in a remote multilingual Northern Australian context	16
Variables related to maternal satisfaction with intrapartum care in Northern Italy	16
Development, validation and reliability testing of ‘Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS)’	16
Midwifery students’ experiences and expectations of using a model of holistic reflection	16
Why do women choose homebirth in Australia? A national survey	15
The contribution of group prenatal care to maternal psychological health outcomes: A systematic review	15
Midwives’ knowledge of pre-eclampsia management: A scoping review	15

‘We are going into battle without appropriate armour’: A qualitative study of Indonesian midwives’ experiences in providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to leave their current position in developing regions of Ethiopia	15
Co-designing preconception and pregnancy care for healthy maternal lifestyles and obesity prevention	14
Barriers to women's disclosure of and treatment for substance use during pregnancy: A qualitative study	14
Being in the shadow of the unknown — Swedish women’s lived experiences of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenological study	14
Measuring women's experiences of maternity care: A systematic review of self-report survey instruments	14
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on birth satisfaction in a prospective cohort of 2,341 U.S. women	14
A qualitative study of the impact of adverse birth experiences on fathers	14
Women and waterbirth: A systematic meta-synthesis of qualitative studies	14
Spirituality and childbirth: An international virtual co–operative inquiry	14
Women from migrant and refugee backgrounds’ perceptions and experiences of the continuum of maternity care in Australia: A qualitative evidence synthesis	14
Midwives’ perceptions of barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in Bhutan: A qualitative study	14
Women’s experiences of decision-making and attitudes in relation to induction of labour: A survey study	14
A qualitative study of expectations and experiences of women using a social media support group when exclusively expressing breastmilk to feed their infant	14
A cross-sectional survey of pregnant women’s perceptions of routine domestic and family violence screening and responses by midwives: Testing of three new tools	14
Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review	14
“It’s not easy” — A qualitative study of lifestyle change during pregnancy	13
Making good care essential: The impact of increased obstetric interventions and decreased services during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Facilitators of and barriers to providing high-quality midwifery education in South-East Asia—An integrative review	13
Salutogenic qualities of midwifery care: A best-fit framework synthesis	13
What women want and why. Women's preferences for induction of labour or expectant management in late-term pregnancy	13
Women who experience feelings of aversion while breastfeeding: A meta-ethnographic review	13
Factors that influence women’s decision on infant feeding: An integrative review	13
Midwifery Job Autonomy in New Zealand: I do it all the time	13
What do midwifery leaders need in order to be effective in contributing to the reform of maternity services?	13
Comparison of labour and birth outcomes between nulliparous women who used epidural analgesia in labour and those who did not: A prospective cohort study	13
The BLOSSoM study: Burnout after perinatal LOSS in Midwifery. Results of a nation-wide investigation in Italy	12
Women’s experiences of their maternity care: A principle- based concept analysis	12
“Not my child to give away”: A qualitative analysis of gestational surrogates’ experiences	12
Comment: Mental health care for pregnant women in the COVID-19 outbreak is urgently needed	12
Stillbirth in Australia 4: Breaking the Silence: Amplifying Public Awareness of Stillbirth in Australia	12
Enhanced Antenatal Care: Combining one-to-one and group Antenatal Care models to increase childbirth education and address childbirth fear	12
No one asked us: Understanding the lived experiences of midwives providing care in the north west suburbs of Melbourne during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interpretive phenomenology	12
Women’s experience of receiving team-midwifery care in Japan: A qualitative descriptive study	12
Aboriginal women’s experiences of strengths and challenges of antenatal care in the Kimberley: A qualitative study	12
Exploring factors contributing to mistreatment of women during childbirth in West Bank, Palestine	12
Job satisfaction and sustainability of midwives working in caseload models of care: An integrative literature review	12
Stigma, guilt and motherhood: Experiences of pregnant women with COVID-19 in Brazil	12
The effects of early pacifier use on breastfeeding: A randomised controlled trial	12
Delaying factors for maternal health service utilization in eastern Ethiopia: A qualitative exploratory study	12
Navigating infant feeding supports after migration: Perspectives of Arabic and Chinese mothers and health professionals in Australia	12
Impact of the Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth learning programme on care provider skills and maternal health outcomes in low-income countries — An integrative review	11
Exploring the medicalisation of childbirth through women’s preferences for and use of pain relief	11
‘Continuity of Care Experiences’ within pre-registration midwifery education programs: A scoping review	11
Facilitators and barriers to substance-free pregnancies in high-income countries: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research	11
Perinatal psychosocial assessment of women of refugee background	11
A qualitative meta-synthesis of women’s experiences of labor dystocia	11
Love, Listen and Learn: Grandmothers’ Experiences of Grief Following Their Child’s Pregnancy Loss	11
The paradoxes of communication and collaboration in maternity care: A video-reflexivity study with professionals and parents	11
Indicators of ‘good’ feeding, breastfeeding latch, and feeding experiences among healthy women with healthy infants: A qualitative pathway analysis using Grounded Theory	11
Experiences and needs of women from ethnic minorities in maternity healthcare: A qualitative systematic review and meta-aggregation	11
Women’s experiences of health care utilization in cases of early pregnancy loss: A scoping review	11
Influence and use of information sources about childbearing among Spanish pregnant women	11
Women’s experiences of outpatient induction of labour with double balloon catheter or prostaglandin pessary: A qualitative study	11
Contraception provision in the postpartum period: Knowledge, views and practices of midwives	11
Women’s experiences of internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (iCBT) for Fear of Birth	10
Optimising the continuity experiences of student midwives: an integrative review	10
Experience of hope: An exploratory research with bereaved mothers following perinatal death	10
The oral health of Indigenous pregnant women: A mixed-methods systematic review	10
Midwives’ views of caseload midwifery – comparing the caseload and non-caseload midwives’ opinions. A cross-sectional survey of Australian midwives.	10
The experiences of pregnant women attending a specialist service and using methamphetamine	10
Factors associated with midwives’ job satisfaction and experience of work: a cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	10
Design, development and usability testing of Essential Coaching for Every Mother: A postnatal text message educational intervention	10
Art-based interventions during pregnancy to support women’s wellbeing: An integrative review	10
Stillbirth in Australia 3: Addressing stillbirth inequities in Australia: Steps towards a better future	10
Lived experiences of the partners of COVID-19 positive childbearing women: A qualitative study	10
An Australian doula program for socially disadvantaged women: Developing realist evaluation theories	10
Afghan families and health professionals’ access to health information during and after pregnancy	10
Midwife readiness to provide woman-centred weight gain support: Exploring perspectives across models of care	10
The maternal health-related issues that matter most to women in Ireland as they transition to motherhood - A qualitative study	10
Respectful and evidence-based birth care in Mexico (or lack thereof): An observational study	10
Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: A baseline survey	10
Women’s experiences of infant feeding support: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Victoria, Australia	9
The impact of perinatal healthcare changes on birth trauma during COVID-19	9
Infant and young child feeding during natural disasters: A systematic integrative literature review	9
The experiences of privately practising midwives in Australia who have been reported to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: A qualitative study	9
Aboriginal Wingadhan Birrang (woman’s journey) of smoking cessation during pregnancy as they participate in the ICAN QUIT in pregnancy pilot step-wedge trial	9
‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service	9
Prenatal education program decreases postpartum depression and increases maternal confidence: A longitudinal quasi-experimental study in urban Japan	9
Sexual and reproductive health education: Midwives’ confidence and practices	9

Indian migrant women’s experiences of motherhood and postnatal support in Australia: A qualitative study	9
Responding to catastrophe: A case study of learning from perinatal death in midwifery practice	9
Intentions to leave and actual turnover of community midwives in the Netherlands: A mixed method study exploring the reasons why	9
“It’s like a bus, going downhill, without a driver”: A qualitative study of how postpartum haemorrhage is experienced by women, their birth partners, and healthcare professionals	9
Understanding pathways leading to stillbirth: The role of care-seeking and care received during pregnancy and childbirth in Kabul province, Afghanistan	9
Navigating uncertainty alone: A grounded theory analysis of women’s psycho-social experiences of pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in London	9
An exploration of midwives’ role in the promotion and provision of antenatal influenza immunisation: A mixed methods inquiry	9
‘No sugar’, ‘no junk food’, ‘do more exercise’ – moving beyond simple messages to improve the health of Aboriginal women with Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy in the Northern Territory – A phenomenological	9
Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care to women and families during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy	9
Factors associated with a positive childbirth experience in Brazilian women: A cross-sectional study	9
Drivers of job satisfaction in midwifery—A work design approach	9
Survey of Australian maternity hospitals to inform development and implementation of a stillbirth prevention ‘bundle of care’	9
Epidurals during normal labour and birth — Midwives’ attitudes and experiences	9
Midwives’ self-reported knowledge and skills to assess and promote maternal health literacy: A national cross-sectional survey	9
Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic experience of maternity clinicians in a high migrant population and low COVID-19 prevalence country: A qualitative study	8
Prepared and motivated to work in midwifery continuity of care? A descriptive analysis of midwifery students’ perspectives	8
Factors associated with breastfeeding to 3 months postpartum among women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: An exploratory study	8
Transition experiences of internationally qualified midwives practising midwifery in Australia	8
Woman centred care: Has the definition been morphing of late?	8
Exploring the relationship between midwives’ work environment, women's safety culture, and intent to stay	8
Comparing the course of anxiety in women receiving their first or repeated caesarean section: A prospective cohort study	8
A qualitative descriptive inquiry into factors influencing early weaning and breastfeeding duration among first-time mothers in Papua New Guinea’s rural eastern highlands	8
Posttraumatic stress disorder in partners following severe postpartum haemorrhage: A prospective cohort study	8
Midwifery students’ satisfaction with perinatal simulation-based training	8
Simulated employment interviews: A collaborative approach to gaining understanding of the graduate midwife employment process	8
Exploring the value and acceptability of an antenatal and postnatal midwifery continuity of care model to women and midwives, using the Quality Maternal Newborn Care Framework	8
Findings from a context specific accreditation assessment at 38 public midwifery education institutions in Bangladesh	8
Barriers to delivering quality midwifery education programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo — An interview study with educators and clinical preceptors	8
Women’s reports of satisfaction and respect with continuity of care experiences by students: Findings from a routine, online survey	8
The state of professionalisation of midwifery in Belgium: A discussion paper	8
Factors affecting rural women's utilisation of continuum of care services in remote or isolated villages or Pakistan – A mixed-methods study	8
An integrative review of interventions for limiting gestational weight gain in pregnant women who are overweight or obese	8
Weighing up the risks — Vaccine decision-making in pregnancy and parenting	8
“Paper, face-to-face and on my mobile please”: A survey of women’s preferred methods of receiving antenatal education	8
Complementary medicines and therapies in clinical guidelines on pregnancy care: A systematic review	8
Systematic review on the cost and cost-effectiveness of mHealth interventions supporting women during pregnancy	8
Attitudes towards breech management among a team of maternity clinicians in Australia undertaking breech training	7
Midwifery in Middle Eastern and North African countries: A scoping review	7
Why do some pregnant women not fully disclose at comprehensive psychosocial assessment with their midwife?	7
Pregnancy after loss during the COVID19 pandemic	7
Maternal mental health and partner-delivered massage: A pilot study	7
The need for improved emotional support: A pilot online survey of Australian women’s access to healthcare services and support at the time of miscarriage	7
“Whatsapping” the continuity of postpartum care in Switzerland: A socio-anthropological study	7
Subversive acts and everyday midwifery: Feminism in content and context	7
Giving birth after caesarean: Identifying shared preferences among pregnant women using Q methodology	7
The EPDS and Australian Indigenous women: A systematic review of the literature	7
The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences	7
Lockdown babies: Birth and new parenting experiences during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa, a cross-sectional study	7
A literature review to determine midwifery students’ perceived essential qualities of preceptors to increase confidence and competence in the clinical environment	7
‘They follow the wants and needs of an institution’: Midwives’ views of water immersion	7
Exploring moral distress in Australian midwifery practice	7
Understanding childbirth pain in Brazilian women: A qualitative descriptive study	7
Towards a conceptualisation of woman centred care — A global review of professional standards	7
Factors that positively influence in-hospital exclusive breastfeeding among women with gestational diabetes: An integrative review	7
Women’s experiences of intrapartum care and recovery in relation to planned caesarean sections: An interview study	7
Being in charge in an encounter with extremes. A survey study on how women experience and work with labour pain in a Nordic home birth setting	7
Strengthening midwifery education through clinical experience: Findings from a qualitative study in Indonesia	7
Using participatory action research to co-design perinatal support strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma	7
Experiences with obstetric violence among healthcare professionals and students in Spain: A constructivist grounded theory study	7
UNFPA supporting midwives at the heart of the COVID-19 response	7
Epidural analgesia during birth and adverse neonatal outcomes: A population-based cohort study	7
The needs and experiences of women with gestational diabetes mellitus from minority ethnic backgrounds in high-income nations: A systematic integrative review	6
Midwife experiences of providing continuity of carer: A qualitative systematic review	6
A peer support intervention for first-time mothers: Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the mummy buddy program	6
Existential aspects as an inevitable part of salutogenesis in maternity care – A discussion paper	6
The association between mistreatment of women during childbirth and postnatal maternal and child health care: Findings from “Birth in Brazil”	6
Implementing midwifery continuity of care models in regional Australia: A constructivist grounded theory study	6
The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study	6
A global review of the inferred meaning of woman centred care within midwifery professional standards	6
“You’re a ‘high-risk’ customer”: A qualitative study of women’s experiences of receiving information from health professionals regarding health problems or complications in pregnancy	6
Emergency scenarios in maternity: An exploratory study of a midwifery and medical student simulation-based learning collaboration	6
Learning to be a midwife: Midwifery students’ experiences of an extended placement within a midwifery group practice	6
Childbirth evacuation among rural and remote Indigenous communities in Canada: A scoping review	6
Midwifery continuity of care for women with complex pregnancies in Australia: An integrative review	6
Project20: Maternity care mechanisms that improve (or exacerbate) health inequalities. A realist evaluation	6
Feasibility, acceptability and sustainability of postpartum contraceptive implant provision by midwives in NSW public hospitals	6
Association between expressed breast milk feeding and breastfeeding duration in Hong Kong mothers	6
Impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding intention and behaviour among postpartum women in five countries	6
“I knew there has to be a better way”: Women’s pathways to freebirth in Poland	6
Maternity care of women affected by female genital mutilation/cutting: An audit of two Australian hospitals	6
Adherence to three different strategies to prevent early onset GBS infection in newborns	6
The nutrition-related information seeking behaviours and attitudes of pregnant women with a high BMI: A qualitative study	6
Who is at risk of burnout? A cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	6
Negotiating who gives birth and the influence of fear of childbirth: Lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people in parenting relationships	6
Barriers to and facilitators for addressing overweight and obesity before conception: A qualitative study	6