Experience of women who gave birth during the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Mansoura city | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 93, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 1435-1452 PDF (511.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.209619 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Marwa Ibrahim Hamdy Aboraiah1; Hanan El-Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed2; Nagwa Ibrahim El-Feshawy1 | ||
| 1Lecturer of Woman’s Health &Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University. Mansoura city, Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Woman’s Health &Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University. Mansoura city, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Maternity care practices have been significantly altered during COVID-19 pandemic as a protective behavior to control spread of infection, but it affect experience of parturient woman during giving birth. Aim: Current study aimed to describe the experience of women who gave birth during the second wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Mansoura city. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study design. Setting: The study was carried out at three health centers located in Mansoura city, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of 330 woman were included. Sample type: A non-probability purposive sample. Data collection tools included two tools; structured interview questionnaire & women’s experience questionnaire. Results: Less than one-third of the studied women had a birth companion, had enough social or emotional support during birth. Moreover, less than one quarter of them had a skin to skin contact with their newborn after birth. Most of the studied women didn’t receive breast feeding support during hospital stay. As regard to their physical health after discharge, less than one quarter of them had enough sleep, had a high blood pressure. Also, a round one third of them experienced empathy, closeness, strength, and safety during giving birth and most of them had fear of getting infected. Conclusion: Birth experience was affected during COVID-19 as absence of birth companions, emotional and social support before and after discharge, lack of information and counselling was reported by the majority of studied women. Furthermore, physical and psychological concerns of women was affected which affect newborn care. Recommendations: Health care policy and maternity care practices should focus not only on keeping women safe from infection but also, increasing women’s overall feelings of safety and control in their birthing environment. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Covid-19; Experience; Giving birth; Mansoura city | ||
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