Publications by authors named "Anya Eidhammer"

Background: Multisensory birthing rooms are specially designed and integrate elements such as sound, light, and visual stimuli to create an immersive atmosphere.

Aim: To investigate how implementing multisensory birthing rooms affect midwives' perceptions of their working environment.

Methods: The data material consisted of 16 semi-structured interviews.

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Aim: The purpose of this scoping review is to map the knowledge about the multisensory birthing room regarding the birth experience and birth outcomes.

Background: The concept of multisensory birthing rooms is relatively novel, making it relevant to explore its impact.

Methods: Five databases were searched.

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Background: All healthy mothers with uncomplicated births are recommended to be discharged directly from the labour ward a few hours after birth as a change in practice in three hospitals in Denmark. However, despite this practice, there is limited knowledge about when mothers leave the hospital after birth in clinical practice.

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine 1) when mothers are discharged from hospital after birth, 2) if discharge time from the hospital after birth is associated with parity, and 3) which factors are associated with discharge time.

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Objective: To evaluate how women's perception of the childbirth experience developed during the postpartum period. The secondary aim was to explore how selected birth interventions were subjectively perceived as part of the birth experience.

Design: A prospective cohort study comparing childbirth experience, assessed at one and six weeks postpartum, using the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ).

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Introduction: Breastfeeding and factors influencing breastfeeding are essential when considering the association between parity and neonatal and maternal morbidity risks when mothers are discharged within 24 hours after birth. However, there is a lack of studies examining the effect of parity and breastfeeding in a setting where all healthy mothers are recommended discharge four hours after birth. Therefore, this study examined the association between parity and the time for discharge, breastfeeding, and factors influencing breastfeeding.

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A primipara at term was admitted to the labour ward with spontaneously emerged severe abdominal pain in the right flank and kidney. The patient was not known with any obstetric or urologic conditions. An acute caesarian section was performed due to the pain and pathological results of the cardiotocography, and a healthy child was delivered.

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A case of rupture of the spleen after Caesarean section is presented. Rupture of the spleen is a rare complication of pregnancy. The aetiology of splenic rupture is discussed.

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