title: Dutch women's perceptions of childbirth in the Netherlands.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the lived experience of childbirth in Dutch women who had given birth at home in the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative study using audiotaped interviews with 14 women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Themes included the advantages of giving birth in the home, where the women felt more in control of their environment; the difficulty and normalcy of the pain associated with giving birth; the feelings of fulfillment and empowerment that come with childbirth and motherhood; and the importance of the supportive role of the midwife-caregiver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women in a culture different from that of the United States who gave birth at home felt fulfilled and empowered by the experience. These results can help U.S. nurses more fully understand the meaning of childbirth in a different culture and may help identify possible improvements in the design of care for women and newborns in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Care, Provo, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Taralyn R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Lynn Clark
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Callister
authors.forename: Donna S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Freeborn
authors.forename: Renea L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Beckstrand
authors.forename: Katinka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huender
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000523:psychology; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D009426:Netherlands; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010298:Parity; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States