Women who have their labour induced tend to have more worries and be less satisfied with their care compared to women with spontaneous onset of labour (Henderson & Redshaw, 2013).
Previous studies have associated induction of labour with a more negative childbirth experience (Falk et al., 2019). Induction of labour tends to be presented to women in a way that compliance with guidelines and hospital routines is assumed and women’s trust in the opinion of health professionals appears to be strong (Jay et al., 2018). Induction of labour is a common intervention in childbirth, aimed at starting the labour before spontaneous onset. Therefore, there is an increasing trend to recommend induction of labour for healthy women in late- and/or post-term pregnancy. Late- and post-term pregnancy (pregnancy at or beyond 42 gestational weeks) is associated with a small, but increased, risk of perinatal death (Alkmark et al., 2020 Middleton et al., 2020). In previous qualitative research, it has been expressed how women in late-term pregnancy (pregnancy at or beyond 41 gestational weeks) may doubt their bodies’ capabilities to initiate labour and have increasing worries about their unborn baby (Wessberg et al., 2019).
Most women hope for a normal birth in a safe environment, with support from kind, sensitive, clinically competent staff (Downe et al., 2018). Childbirth has been described as an unavoidable situation for pregnant women (Lundgren, 2005) and tends to leave long-lasting impressions that follow them throughout life, as women often remember their childbirth experiences very well (Bossano et al., 2017 Simkin, 1991).
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