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- Title
The Vertical Birthing Positions and Their Perinatal Outcomes in Hilly Tribal Home Birth Settings: A Qualitative Observational Study.
- Authors
V, Srividhya Samakya; Pati, Sanghamitra; Acharya, Subhendu Kumar
- Abstract
This study aims to document the cultural significance of vertical birthing positions and knowledge of easing complicated deliveries among the Porja hilly tribal group, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. With the purposive sampling method, 31 postpartum mothers were selected on the inclusion criteria of having been given childbirth in the last six months. The socio-demographic profile of the respondents was presented to understand the socio-cultural living conditions. The qualitative data collection involved 31 face-to-face in-depth interviews with postpartum women and two focus group discussions involving six to eight traditional birth attendants (TBAs) on the cultural efficacy of upright positions. Handwritten transcripts of the interviews and conversations were transcribed and coded into themes and categories. Qualitative themes reveal that the pregnant women with anaemia and morbidity conditions had been exposed to maternal distress and foetal distress (breathing problems and loss of consciousness) but had managed by adopting immediate alternative vertical birthing positions with the suggestion of TBAs. The findings suggest that vertical birth positions are age-old childbirth customs which have been adopted as as a priority option by labouring women, especially in socio-economically disadvantaged societies where medical facilities are unavailable.
- Subjects
INDIA; HEALTH literacy; MATERNAL health services; LABOR complications (Obstetrics); QUALITATIVE research; HEALTH attitudes; CULTURE; AT-risk people; SCIENTIFIC observation; INTERVIEWING; TEENAGE pregnancy; SMOKING; OBSTETRICAL emergencies; CHILD health services; MATERNAL-child health services; PREGNANCY outcomes; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; MATERNAL mortality; JUDGMENT sampling; PREGNANT women; LABOR pain (Obstetrics); CULTURAL values; CHILDBIRTH at home; THEMATIC analysis; SURVEYS; STAGES of labor (Obstetrics); RESEARCH methodology; GESTATIONAL age; SUBSTANCE abuse in pregnancy; ALCOHOL drinking; TOBACCO products; AGRICULTURAL laborers; BODY movement; PREGNANCY complications; CHILDBIRTH; EDUCATIONAL attainment; FETAL presentation
- Publication
Nursing & Midwifery Research Journal, 2024, Vol 20, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0974-150X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0974150X241236654