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Keeping birth normal: midwives experiences in a tertiary obstetric setting

Abstract:

Th is qualitative interpretive study explored the experience of eight core midwives employed within the labour ward of two tertiary obstetric hospitals in the Auckland region. Th e purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of how midwives’ work within these busy settings in relation to their challenges with respect to ‘keeping birth normal’. Th e key themes from this study include: being a midwife is keeping birth normal; stepping back or stepping in to achieve normal outcomes; and interacting with doctors, which included being caught within doctor’s decisions. In this article, the theme of ‘stepping back or stepping in’ in order to achieve normal birth outcomes will be explored. Th is includes a sub-theme of ‘using minor interventions to prevent major interventions’.

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core midwives, definition of normal birth, intervention, keeping birth normal