Report Broken Link

Caring for sexual abuse survivors during pregnancy and beyond

Abstract:

During the childbirth continuum women might reasonably expect to have their emotional difficulties responded to with as broad a range of options as occurs in their physical care. The impact of prior or current sexual abuse on a woman, during her childbirth continuum, has in the past received little investigation. Midwives are uniquely placed to facilitate positive, cathartic, experiences for women with histories of sexual abuse, because of the intimate relationship and mirroring of the cultural positions shared by women and midwives.

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emotional effects of childbirth experience, empowering women, sacred space, sexual abuse