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

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Control
The other factors that women referred to when talking about the place of
birth related to control. Women planning a home birth were more concerned
about the amount of control they had on the process of childbirth, and the
environment in which it occurred. In a very inconspicuous way, the concept of
control is also related to safety, because the women felt that at home they feel
comfortable and relaxed, they know where everything is and as a result, they feel
things were less likely to go wrong. Eighty-five percent of women planning a
home birth referred to the home as relaxed, familiar, and giving them more
control. The following quotations represent some of the views expressed:
mkuaoshadi: mu husband feeLS more Li& controL at hom.e. I-+e feels more,
Lf the vuLdwi,fe wants sometkang then the asle, hi,vu and he Izvows where
everuthLne Ls and he feels he can be A help, whereas Ln hospikal. he feek LA. the
wau. H-e just lei.nol of, he's sowteovte who helps me or whatever, but lie doesn't feel
1,14, control Ln hospital., he's much more i.LA, covttrol. here so he Ls happu with the
decisLon, he's happu so Lovu3 as I'm happu with the whole thi,no.
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