Kurdish pregnant women's feelings: a qualitative study.
OBJECTIVE
to gain a deeper understanding of how Kurdish pregnant women feel about their pregnancy.


METHODS
a qualitative study analysed by a grounded theory approach.


METHODS
the study was conducted among women in the third trimester of their pregnancy in either their homes or the health-care centres in Sanandaj in the western part of Iran.


METHODS
22 pregnant women were recruited and interviewed.


RESULTS
during pregnancy, women experienced a variety of feelings: 'satisfied and happy', 'unpleasant' and 'ambivalent'.


CONCLUSIONS
it is important for midwives to ask pregnant women about their feelings concerning their current pregnancy, childbirth and future motherhood. If they express negative or ambivalent feelings, these should be discussed in greater detail and their causes identified. Special consideration should be given to primiparous women and multiparous women with negative experiences of previous pregnancies.
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Science, No. 6 Karbasy Hill, Jam Jam Street, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran. rshaho@yahoo.com
Roonak
R
Shahoei
Haliza Mohd
HM
Riji
Zhila Abed
ZA
Saeedi
D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010298:Parity; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third / Q000523:psychology*; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards