title: The impact of childbirth experiences on women's sense of self: a review of the literature.
abstract: This paper presents a review of the literature that informed research undertaken to determine what features of childbirth have a positive effect on women's sense of self. The literature looked at control: of women or with women, trusting relationships, balancing self-empathy, self understanding through an instinctual response, altered concious states, childbirth and mother/baby relationships.
authors.affiliation: University of Newcastle.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parratt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012649:Self Concept