Episiotomy or not? Midwives' experiences of recruiting to a randomized controlled trial during pregnancy and labor - A qualitative study.

Objective: The performance of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is dependent on recruitment. Recruiting women to RCTs regarding interventions during childbirth may be difficult due to time constraints and their vulnerable situation. Midwives play a major role in such recruitment.

Prenatal attachment and its association with foetal movement during pregnancy - A population based survey.

Objective: To investigate the association between the magnitude of foetal movements and level of prenatal attachment within a 24h period among women in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Design: a prospective population-based survey.

Setting: A county in central Sweden.

Women's experiences of two different self-assessment methods for monitoring fetal movements in full-term pregnancy--a crossover trial.

Background: Low maternal awareness of fetal movements is associated with negative birth outcomes. Knowledge regarding pregnant women's compliance with programs of systematic self-assessment of fetal movements is needed. The aim of this study was to investigate women's experiences using two different self-assessment methods for monitoring fetal movements and to determine if the women had a preference for one or the other method.

Development of a tool to evaluate fetal movements in full-term pregnancy.

Objective: To study women's description of fetal movements in full-term pregnancy. Further to investigate if their descriptions could be sorted with regard to intensity and type of movements, using a matrix under development to be a tool for evaluating fetal movements in clinical praxis.

Methods: Data were collected by distributing questionnaires including an open question: "Please describe your perception of the baby's movements during this gestational week.

Being alone in silence - mothers' experiences upon confirmation of their baby's death in utero.

Objective: to explore mothers' experiences of the confirmation of ultrasound examination results and how they were told that their baby had died in-utero.

Design: in-depth interviews.

Setting: Sweden.