OBJECTIVE: To investigate contact between mothers and their newborn child and study if there are differences between those who requested an elective caesarean section compared to women who had a vaginal birth and those who underwent an elective caesarean section due to obstetrical indication. The psychometric properties of a scale that measure the contact between mother and child were also investigated. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. SAMPLE: 510 primiparas from three groups: women undergoing caesarean section on maternal request (n=96), women undergoing caesarean section on obstetrical indication (n=116) and women planning a vaginal delivery (n=198). The later were further divided into subgroups; women who underwent assisted vaginal delivery (n=35) and women who had an emergency caesarean section (n=65). METHODS: The instrument used was the Alliance Scale. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The contact between mother and child in relation to mode of delivery. RESULTS: The contact with the child was rated as positive on all occasions: there were no significant differences between the groups. The relation to the partner was rated as positive at all occasions. Mothers with a vaginal delivery experienced breastfeeding less stressful than the mothers with a caesarean delivery. Three and nine months after delivery the mothers with a caesarean delivery on request reported more breastfeeding problems than mothers in the other groups. Mothers with a vaginal delivery rated less sadness at every occasion. CONCLUSION: Mode of delivery does not seem to affect how mothers experience their contact towards the newborn child.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate contact between mothers and their newborn child and study if there are differences between those who requested an elective caesarean section compared to women who had a vaginal birth and those who underwent an elective caesarean section due to obstetrical indication. The psychometric properties of a scale that measure the contact between mother and child were also investigated. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. SAMPLE: 510 primiparas from three groups: women undergoing caesarean section on maternal request (n=96), women undergoing caesarean section on obstetrical indication (n=116) and women planning a vaginal delivery (n=198). The later were further divided into subgroups; women who underwent assisted vaginal delivery (n=35) and women who had an emergency caesarean section (n=65). METHODS: The instrument used was the Alliance Scale. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The contact between mother and child in relation to mode of delivery. RESULTS: The contact with the child was rated as positive on all occasions: there were no significant differences between the groups. The relation to the partner was rated as positive at all occasions. Mothers with a vaginal delivery experienced breastfeeding less stressful than the mothers with a caesarean delivery. Three and nine months after delivery the mothers with a caesarean delivery on request reported more breastfeeding problems than mothers in the other groups. Mothers with a vaginal delivery rated less sadness at every occasion. CONCLUSION: Mode of delivery does not seem to affect how mothers experience their contact towards the newborn child.
Authors: Maria Pia De Carolis; Carmen Cocca; Elisabetta Valente; Serafina Lacerenza; Serena Antonia Rubortone; Antonio Alberto Zuppa; Costantino Romagnoli Journal: Ital J Pediatr Date: 2014-07-15 Impact factor: 2.638
Authors: Irene Agea-Cano; Manuel Linares-Abad; Antonio Gregorio Ceballos-Fuentes; María José Calero-García Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-09-18 Impact factor: 3.390