Puts the magic back into life: Fathers' experience of planned home birth.

CONCLUSION: When men have a positive experience of childbirth they benefit personally and emotionally. This experience can strengthen their relationship with their partner and the family. Midwives are ideally placed to involve fathers actively in birth either in a home or hospital setting. PMID: 25572004 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25572004?dopt=Abstract

Source: Women Birth - January 5, 2015 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sweeney S, O'Connell R Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research

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