Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

dedn't sort o-F tru AAA persuade me One W CT or the other, that WAS reallu her
ovtiu comment On
segametsk. I went for mu 22-weelz checlz and was veru nervous about
menti.oneng it to the vuldw1.-Fe. I thought cant posseblu asVz for a home berth
for mu flrst locilou, but I oli,o( 12104 the Lao was welcomed bu the meolwefe.
seivana: It was ovIlu After the vv.i.o{w1.-Fe suggested the home berth to me
that i started readeng up about ft And reAdLLAg up about sAfetu, uhk, so dtd
that. The vvii,o(w-Fe saed that uou well. be flne and she dednt reallu geve rue anu
additeonat. enformateon ov thetAgs LI.1.e safetu. she did geve vve practecal
eviformateovt but she dedn't gi.ve vve anu safetu ertformati-on. P>ut I read that
boolz from the Lebraru, ft was an NCT book. so i read up on that vuuself.
maipelo: she sad uou ollolvit need much poen reLi.ef,uou had a straight
forward deleveru, uou ewe conslderLiAg bovwe berth then, are uou? AKA she was
Actuallu sort of suggesteng it, and sai,d, ues 1 AM.. it I was quite tnizevt
abaciR, that she soled that because I had thought I would have to sau that I was
consedereng hohke arth avtd theu would go "oh Are uou? whu Ls theft? -E>utt she
sALd "oh good that's reallu g000l!"
Risk perception/safety
The importance of safety as related to the place of birth, which is a
component of risk perception, pervaded responses in the study. However, the
perception of safety was clearly a personal matter, and varied according to
whether the woman preferred home or hospital. 70% of the hospital group
expressed the view that in childbirth, problems could occur at any time and
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