The ‘What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised’ (WPL-R) is an instrument designed to measure adaptation to parenthood. In the process of pilot testing and validating the WPL-R in a postpartum Dutch population, we became aware of the potentially sensitive nature of the measure. Despite the ethics …

Background: Pregnant women have preferences about how they intend to manage labour pain. Unmet intentions can result in negative emotions and/or birth experiences. Objective: To examine the antenatal level of intention for intrapartum pain relief and the factors that might predict this intention. Design: …

Background: Having children or being childless is associated with differences in women's psychological wellbeing during the reproductive age period. Methods: An individually matched case-control cohort study, measuring psychological wellbeing with the 5-item Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) was conducted. …

Problem Within maternity care policies and practice, pregnant migrant women are regarded as a vulnerable population. Background Women’s experiential knowledge is a key element of woman-centred care but is insufficiently addressed in midwifery practice and research that involves migrant women. Aim To …

Verloskundigen die een goede relatie opbouwen met hun cliënt maken hét verschil tijdens de zwangerschap en bevalling, vindt prof. dr. Yvonne Kuipers. Zij is hoofddocent Verloskunde aan de Hogeschool Rotterdam. Woman-centred care is daarom een speerpunt binnen de opleiding Verloskunde. Al vanaf het eerste …

Background The number of interventions is lower, and the level of satisfaction is higher among women who receive midwife-led primary care from one or two midwives, compared to more midwives. This suggests that midwives in small-sized practices practice more women centred. This has yet to be explored. Objective To …

This qualitative study explores perspectives towards motherhood of young Millennial women for preconception care purposes. The findings highlight the specific views that Millennial women have of motherhood: Mental mood boards portray both realistic and idealistic images of childbearing and motherhood. …

Het perspectief van verloskundigen op wat ‘vrouwcentrale zorg’ betekent, is niet eenduidig. Yvonne Fontein en collega’s onderzochten de verschillende perspectieven van Nederlandse verloskundigen die ‘vrouwcentraal’ willen werken. Bespreking van: Fontein-Kuipers et al. : Dutch midwives’ views on and …

Door verbinding te maken met de traumatische ervaringen van vrouwen, kunnen we als vroedvrouwen mogelijk leren van deze ervaringen en de impact op het leven van vrouwen en hun gezin. Begrijpen wat er precies gebeurt tijdens deze bevallingen kan leiden tot aanbevelingen voor de verloskundige zorg om mogelijk …

Background Woman-centred care is a philosophy for midwifery care management of the childbearing woman. There is no mutually recognised internalised way in midwifery to provide woman-centred care. Objective To reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about woman-centred care. Methods A Q-methodology …