title: [Experiences applying a birth ball to help a parturient woman in labor].
abstract: This paper is designed to describe the nursing experiences of applying a birth ball to help a parturient woman in labor, who had experienced labor pains and was accompanied by her husband. On the basis of family-centered nursing, on October 8, 2005, the authors taught, this couple various positions to be adopted using the birth ball to help the woman deliver her baby with minimum pain and to help the husband to accompany his mate in a strong and positive way. In this way, eventually, the woman delivered her baby, safely and smoothly, experiencing the whole process satisfactorily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Tri-Services General Hospital & Graduate Institute of Nurse-Midwifery, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ching-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Meei-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011187:Posture; D011247:Pregnancy