Women and Birth

Article	Citations
Pregnant women voice their concerns and birth expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy	148
The experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A qualitative study	113
The impact of COVID-19 on pregnant womens’ experiences and perceptions of antenatal maternity care, social support, and stress-reduction strategies	80
Perspectives on antenatal education associated with pregnancy outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	59
Caring for the carers: Ensuring the provision of quality maternity care during a global pandemic	58
Women’s experiences of birth trauma: A scoping review	58
“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	57
Psychological distress in pregnancy and postpartum	57
The childbirth experience: A systematic review of predictors and outcomes	57
Perceived social support and prenatal wellbeing; The mediating effects of loneliness and repetitive negative thinking on anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic	57
The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of respectful maternity care: Findings from a global survey of health workers	52
Perspectives of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	49
Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons	48
Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	45
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	42
The magnitude of the problem of obstetric violence and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study	40
Prenatal stress, health, and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey	37
Developing and testing a mobile application for breastfeeding support: The Milky Way application	34
Effect of health literacy interventions on pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review	33
The future of the Australian midwifery workforce – impacts of ageing and workforce exit on the number of registered midwives	33
Women's experiences with breastfeeding in public: An integrative review	33
Why do some health care providers disrespect and abuse women during childbirth in India?	32
The effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on vaccine decisions in pregnant women	32
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	32
Experiences and attitudes of midwives during the birth of a pregnant woman with COVID-19 infection: A qualitative study	31

The experiences of childbearing women who tested positive to COVID-19 during the pandemic in northern Italy	31
Childbirth experience in women participating in a continuity of midwifery care project	29
A qualitative study of first time mothers’ experiences of postnatal social support from health professionals in England	29
The outbreak of coronavirus disease in China: Risk perceptions, knowledge, and information sources among prenatal and postnatal women	28
The labor and birth experience of women with opioid use disorder: A qualitative study	26
Opportunities for enhancing pregnancy planning and preconception health behaviours of Australian women	25
Probiotics and human lactational mastitis: A scoping review	25
The influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women at a hospital-based labour ward in Sweden: An ethnographic study	25
Women's experiences of interventions for fear of childbirth in the perinatal period: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research evidence	24
Childbearing women’s experiences of the maternity care system in Australia during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	24
Postpartum women’s experiences of social and healthcare professional support during the COVID-19 pandemic: A recurrent cross-sectional thematic analysis	23
The impact of planning for COVID-19 on private practising midwives in Australia	23
Midwives providing woman-centred care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A national qualitative study	23
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review	23
Parental experiences with changes in maternity care during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed-studies systematic review	22
Midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to leave their current position in developing regions of Ethiopia	21
Stillbirth in Australia 2: Working together to reduce stillbirth in Australia: The Safer Baby Bundle initiative	21
A call for action that cannot go to voicemail: Research activism to urgently improve Indigenous perinatal health and wellbeing	21
Stillbirth in Australia 1: The road to now: Two decades of stillbirth research and advocacy in Australia	20
A phenomenological exploration of parenting after birth trauma: Mothers perceptions of the first year	20
Breastfeeding and emerging motherhood identity: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of first time Chinese Australian mothers’ breastfeeding experiences	19
Large gaps in the quality of healthcare experienced by Swedish mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO standards	19
Variables related to maternal satisfaction with intrapartum care in Northern Italy	19
Women and waterbirth: A systematic meta-synthesis of qualitative studies	18
‘We are going into battle without appropriate armour’: A qualitative study of Indonesian midwives’ experiences in providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Clinical guidelines for caring for women with COVID-19 during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period	18
The contribution of group prenatal care to maternal psychological health outcomes: A systematic review	18
Women from migrant and refugee backgrounds’ perceptions and experiences of the continuum of maternity care in Australia: A qualitative evidence synthesis	17
Women’s experiences of decision-making and attitudes in relation to induction of labour: A survey study	17
Comparison of labour and birth outcomes between nulliparous women who used epidural analgesia in labour and those who did not: A prospective cohort study	17
Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review	17
Midwives’ knowledge of pre-eclampsia management: A scoping review	17
Factors that influence women’s decision on infant feeding: An integrative review	17
Spirituality and childbirth: An international virtual co–operative inquiry	17
Barriers to women's disclosure of and treatment for substance use during pregnancy: 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
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on birth satisfaction in a prospective cohort of 2,341 U.S. women	16
Measuring women's experiences of maternity care: A systematic review of self-report survey instruments	16
A qualitative study of the impact of adverse birth experiences on fathers	16
What do midwifery leaders need in order to be effective in contributing to the reform of maternity services?	16
Women who experience feelings of aversion while breastfeeding: A meta-ethnographic review	16
Why do women choose homebirth in Australia? A national survey	16
Being in the shadow of the unknown — Swedish women’s lived experiences of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenological study	16
Facilitators of and barriers to providing high-quality midwifery education in South-East Asia—An integrative review	16
The BLOSSoM study: Burnout after perinatal LOSS in Midwifery. Results of a nation-wide investigation in Italy	16
Midwifery Job Autonomy in New Zealand: I do it all the time	15
Job satisfaction and sustainability of midwives working in caseload models of care: An integrative literature review	15
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	15
Women’s experiences of health care utilization in cases of early pregnancy loss: A scoping review	15
A qualitative study of expectations and experiences of women using a social media support group when exclusively expressing breastmilk to feed their infant	15

Exploring factors contributing to mistreatment of women during childbirth in West Bank, Palestine	15
Navigating uncertainty alone: A grounded theory analysis of women’s psycho-social experiences of pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in London	14
Stigma, guilt and motherhood: Experiences of pregnant women with COVID-19 in Brazil	14
Women’s experience of receiving team-midwifery care in Japan: A qualitative descriptive study	14
Comment: Mental health care for pregnant women in the COVID-19 outbreak is urgently needed	14
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	14
Making good care essential: The impact of increased obstetric interventions and decreased services during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
What women want and why. Women's preferences for induction of labour or expectant management in late-term pregnancy	14
Women’s experiences of outpatient induction of labour with double balloon catheter or prostaglandin pessary: A qualitative study	14
Experiences and needs of women from ethnic minorities in maternity healthcare: A qualitative systematic review and meta-aggregation	14
Infant and young child feeding during natural disasters: A systematic integrative literature review	14
Aboriginal women’s experiences of strengths and challenges of antenatal care in the Kimberley: A qualitative study	14
The impact of perinatal healthcare changes on birth trauma during COVID-19	13
Salutogenic qualities of midwifery care: A best-fit framework synthesis	13
Lived experiences of the partners of COVID-19 positive childbearing women: A qualitative study	13
Stillbirth in Australia 4: Breaking the Silence: Amplifying Public Awareness of Stillbirth in Australia	13
Enhanced Antenatal Care: Combining one-to-one and group Antenatal Care models to increase childbirth education and address childbirth fear	13
Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care to women and families during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy	13
Intentions to leave and actual turnover of community midwives in the Netherlands: A mixed method study exploring the reasons why	13
‘Continuity of Care Experiences’ within pre-registration midwifery education programs: A scoping review	13
Navigating infant feeding supports after migration: Perspectives of Arabic and Chinese mothers and health professionals in Australia	13
Midwife experiences of providing continuity of carer: A qualitative systematic review	13
Experience of hope: An exploratory research with bereaved mothers following perinatal death	13
“They’re gonna be there to advocate for me so I’m not by myself”: A qualitative analysis of Black women’s motivations for seeking and experiences with community doula care	13
Barriers to delivering quality midwifery education programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo — An interview study with educators and clinical preceptors	13
Drivers of job satisfaction in midwifery—A work design approach	12
A global review of the inferred meaning of woman centred care within midwifery professional standards	12
Exploring the medicalisation of childbirth through women’s preferences for and use of pain relief	12
Midwives’ views of caseload midwifery – comparing the caseload and non-caseload midwives’ opinions. A cross-sectional survey of Australian midwives.	12
The experiences of pregnant women attending a specialist service and using methamphetamine	12
Contraception provision in the postpartum period: Knowledge, views and practices of midwives	12
‘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	12
Learning to be a midwife: Midwifery students’ experiences of an extended placement within a midwifery group practice	12
A literature review to determine midwifery students’ perceived essential qualities of preceptors to increase confidence and competence in the clinical environment	12
Factors associated with midwives’ job satisfaction and experience of work: a cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	12
Art-based interventions during pregnancy to support women’s wellbeing: An integrative review	12
The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences	12
Women’s experiences of infant feeding support: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Victoria, Australia	11
Respectful and evidence-based birth care in Mexico (or lack thereof): An observational study	11
Factors associated with a positive childbirth experience in Brazilian women: A cross-sectional study	11
Woman centred care: Has the definition been morphing of late?	11
‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service	11
Design, development and usability testing of Essential Coaching for Every Mother: A postnatal text message educational intervention	11
Midwives’ self-reported knowledge and skills to assess and promote maternal health literacy: A national cross-sectional survey	11
Indicators of ‘good’ feeding, breastfeeding latch, and feeding experiences among healthy women with healthy infants: A qualitative pathway analysis using Grounded Theory	11
Sexual and reproductive health education: Midwives’ confidence and practices	11
Stillbirth in Australia 3: Addressing stillbirth inequities in Australia: Steps towards a better future	11
Responding to catastrophe: A case study of learning from perinatal death in midwifery practice	11
The experiences of privately practising midwives in Australia who have been reported to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: A qualitative study	11
Midwifery students’ satisfaction with perinatal simulation-based training	11
Who is at risk of burnout? A cross-sectional survey of midwives in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia	11
Optimising the continuity experiences of student midwives: an integrative review	11
Prenatal education program decreases postpartum depression and increases maternal confidence: A longitudinal quasi-experimental study in urban Japan	11
The maternal health-related issues that matter most to women in Ireland as they transition to motherhood - A qualitative study	11
Midwife readiness to provide woman-centred weight gain support: Exploring perspectives across models of care	11
Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic experience of maternity clinicians in a high migrant population and low COVID-19 prevalence country: A qualitative study	11
Midwifery continuity of care for women with complex pregnancies in Australia: An integrative review	11
The paradoxes of communication and collaboration in maternity care: A video-reflexivity study with professionals and parents	11
Facilitators and barriers to substance-free pregnancies in high-income countries: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research	11
Impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding intention and behaviour among postpartum women in five countries	11
Perinatal psychosocial assessment of women of refugee background	11
Subversive acts and everyday midwifery: Feminism in content and context	10
Findings from a context specific accreditation assessment at 38 public midwifery education institutions in Bangladesh	10
Lockdown babies: Birth and new parenting experiences during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa, a cross-sectional study	10
“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	10
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	10
Implementing midwifery continuity of care models in regional Australia: A constructivist grounded theory study	10
Epidurals during normal labour and birth — Midwives’ attitudes and experiences	10
Women’s reports of satisfaction and respect with continuity of care experiences by students: Findings from a routine, online survey	10
The state of professionalisation of midwifery in Belgium: A discussion paper	10
Prepared and motivated to work in midwifery continuity of care? A descriptive analysis of midwifery students’ perspectives	10
Weighing up the risks — Vaccine decision-making in pregnancy and parenting	10
Understanding pathways leading to stillbirth: The role of care-seeking and care received during pregnancy and childbirth in Kabul province, Afghanistan	10
Systematic review on the cost and cost-effectiveness of mHealth interventions supporting women during pregnancy	10
Factors that positively influence in-hospital exclusive breastfeeding among women with gestational diabetes: An integrative review	10
The association between mistreatment of women during childbirth and postnatal maternal and child health care: Findings from “Birth in Brazil”	10
A qualitative exploration of women’s and their partners’ experiences of birth trauma in Australia, utilising critical feminist theory	10
An integrative review of interventions for limiting gestational weight gain in pregnant women who are overweight or obese	10
Reducing midwife burnout at organisational level — Midwives need time, space and a positive work-place culture	10
Factors affecting rural women's utilisation of continuum of care services in remote or isolated villages or Pakistan – A mixed-methods study	9

A comparison of the Woman-centred care: strategic directions for Australian maternity services (2019) national strategy with other international maternity plans	9
“Whatsapping” the continuity of postpartum care in Switzerland: A socio-anthropological study	9
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	9
Complementary medicines and therapies in clinical guidelines on pregnancy care: A systematic review	9
Why do some pregnant women not fully disclose at comprehensive psychosocial assessment with their midwife?	9
Maternal mental health and partner-delivered massage: A pilot study	9
“Paper, face-to-face and on my mobile please”: A survey of women’s preferred methods of receiving antenatal education	9
Towards a conceptualisation of woman centred care — A global review of professional standards	9
The role of birth plans for shared decision-making around birth choices of pregnant women in maternity care: A scoping review	9
Pregnancy after loss during the COVID19 pandemic	9
Using participatory action research to co-design perinatal support strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma	9
Exploring the relationship between midwives’ work environment, women's safety culture, and intent to stay	9
An exploration of midwives’ role in the promotion and provision of antenatal influenza immunisation: A mixed methods inquiry	9
The overuse of intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) for low-risk women: An actor-network theory analysis of data from focus groups	8
A qualitative study of early career Australian midwives’ encounters with perinatal grief, loss and trauma	8
Strengthening midwifery education through clinical experience: Findings from a qualitative study in Indonesia	8
‘They follow the wants and needs of an institution’: Midwives’ views of water immersion	8
Trying to conceive: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of couples’ experiences of pregnancy after stillbirth	8
Understanding childbirth pain in Brazilian women: A qualitative descriptive study	8
The EPDS and Australian Indigenous women: A systematic review of the literature	8
Existential aspects as an inevitable part of salutogenesis in maternity care – A discussion paper	8
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	8
Does midwifery continuity of care make a difference to women with perinatal mental health conditions: A cohort study, from Australia	8
Experiences with obstetric violence among healthcare professionals and students in Spain: A constructivist grounded theory study	8
Epidural analgesia during birth and adverse neonatal outcomes: A population-based cohort study	8
Women’s experiences of intrapartum care and recovery in relation to planned caesarean sections: An interview study	8
Childbirth evacuation among rural and remote Indigenous communities in Canada: A scoping review	8
Stillbirth in Australia 5: Making respectful care after stillbirth a reality: The quest for parent-centred care	8
Exploring moral distress in Australian midwifery practice	8
Negotiating who gives birth and the influence of fear of childbirth: Lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people in parenting relationships	8
Hospital accreditation: Driving best outcomes through continuity of midwifery care? A scoping review	7
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	7
Barriers to and facilitators for addressing overweight and obesity before conception: A qualitative study	7
Implementing midwifery services in public tertiary medical college hospitals in Bangladesh: A longitudinal study	7
Emergency scenarios in maternity: An exploratory study of a midwifery and medical student simulation-based learning collaboration	7
Perinatal care experiences of Muslim women in Northwestern Ontario, Canada: A qualitative study	7
A qualitative descriptive inquiry into factors influencing early weaning and breastfeeding duration among first-time mothers in Papua New Guinea’s rural eastern highlands	7
Emotional wellbeing of student midwives during COVID-19	7
Feasibility, acceptability and sustainability of postpartum contraceptive implant provision by midwives in NSW public hospitals	7
The needs and experiences of women with gestational diabetes mellitus from minority ethnic backgrounds in high-income nations: A systematic integrative review	7
Trust, privacy, community, and culture: Important elements of maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women giving birth in Victoria.	7
Midwifery in Middle Eastern and North African countries: A scoping review	7
Women’s experiences of maternity care in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A follow-up systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis	7
What are the experiences of women with obesity receiving antenatal maternity care? A scoping review of qualitative evidence	7
Wanting to be ‘with woman’, not with machine: Midwives’ experiences of caring for women being continuously monitored in labour	7
UNFPA supporting midwives at the heart of the COVID-19 response	7
Barriers and enablers for midwives to use the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives	7
The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study	7
Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: An integrative review	7
Midwifery leaders’ views on the factors considered crucial to implementing evidence-based practice in clinical areas	7
A peer support intervention for first-time mothers: Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the mummy buddy program	6
Midwives holding the space for women undergoing termination of pregnancy: A qualitative inquiry	6
“You are either with me on this or not”: A meta-ethnography of the influence birth partners and care-providers have on coping strategies learned in childbirth education and used by women during labour	6
Parturescence: A theorisation of women’s transformation through childbirth	6
Midwife-led continuity of care improved maternal and neonatal health outcomes in north Shoa zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia: A quasi-experimental study	6
Project20: Maternity care mechanisms that improve (or exacerbate) health inequalities. A realist evaluation	6
Breastfeeding in the pandemic: A qualitative analysis of breastfeeding experiences among mothers from Canada and the United Kingdom	6
A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach	6
Mothers’ perceptions and experiences of skin-to-skin contact after vaginal birth in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study	6
“It Makes My Skin Crawl”: Women’s experience of breastfeeding aversion response (BAR)	6
Disclosure of sensitive material at routine antenatal psychosocial assessment: The role of psychosocial risk and mode of assessment	6
The role and scope of contemporary midwifery practice in Australia: A scoping review of the literature	6
Women’s experiences of antenatal transfer for threatened premature labour in NSW: A qualitative study	6
An analysis of the global diversity of midwifery pre-service education pathways	6
“I’m sure we talked about it”: Midwives experiences of ethics education and ethical dilemmas, a qualitative study	6
Association between expressed breast milk feeding and breastfeeding duration in Hong Kong mothers	6
Learning through relationships: The transformative learning experience of midwifery continuity of care for students: A qualitative study	6
“I knew there has to be a better way”: Women’s pathways to freebirth in Poland	6
Adherence to three different strategies to prevent early onset GBS infection in newborns	6
Identifying the priorities for midwifery education across Australia and New Zealand: A Delphi study	6
Breech presentation management: A critical review of leading clinical practice guidelines	6
Graduating midwifery students’ preferred model of practice and first job decisions: A qualitative study	6
Midwifery workforce challenges in Victoria, Australia. A cross-sectional study of maternity managers	6
Barriers and enablers in maintaining healthy gestational weight gain: A qualitative study	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
The perceptions and practices of Thai health professionals providing maternity care for migrant Burmese women: An ethnographic study	6
Giving of the self and Midwife Burnout – An exploration of the consequences of being ‘with woman’ and how individual midwives can reduce or prevent burnout	5
Creating coherent perinatal care journeys: An ethnographic study of the role of continuity of care for Danish parents in a vulnerable position	5
Traumatic birth and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder: International expert consensus recommendations for practice, policy, and research	5
Development of a survey instrument to evaluate women’s experiences of their maternity care	5
Midwifery students’ perceptions of the modifiable organisational factors that foster bullying behaviours whilst on clinical placement. A qualitative descriptive study	5
The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: A comparative study	5
Midwives perceptions: Birth unit environment and the implementation of best intrapartum care practices	5
“She was there all the time”. A qualitative study exploring how women at higher risk for preterm birth experience midwifery continuity of care	5
The effect of antenatal screening for depression on neonatal birthweight and gestation	5
Supporting routine psychosocial assessment in the perinatal period: The concurrent and predictive validity of the Antenatal Risk Questionnaire-Revised	5
Estimating the impact of change in pre-pregnancy body mass index on development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: An Australian population-based cohort	5
Exploring factors influencing adverse birth outcomes in a regional hospital setting in Ghana: A configuration theoretical perspective	5
Exploring unwarranted clinical variation: The attitudes of midwives and obstetric medical staff regarding induction of labour and planned caesarean section	5
A participatory action research study exploring midwives’ understandings of the concept of burnout in Ireland	5
‘There is trauma all round’: A qualitative study of health workers’ experiences of caring for parents after stillbirth in Kenya and Uganda	5
The effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise on sexual function and labour and birth outcomes: A randomised controlled trial	5
Does it happen and why? Lived and shared experiences of mistreatment and respectful care during childbirth among maternal health providers in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria	5
Use of telelactation interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes among mothers: A mixed-studies systematic review	5
Knowing your audience: Investigating stillbirth knowledge and perceptions in the general population to inform future public health campaigns	5