Thoughts and experiences of well-educated fathers about their role when breastfeeding difficulties arose.

Objective: To investigate how fathers or partners perceive their roles as new parents when confronted with early breastfeeding challenges, how they navigate these difficulties, and the specific type of support they seek from the Child Health Care Centre (CHCC).

Method: In-depth, individual interviews conducted with 12 partners of women for whom breastfeeding was difficult. Reflexive thematic analysis was applied on the interview data.

Midwives views about preceptorship and peer-learning in a birth unit: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Practical training in a birthing unit is an important part of midwifery education. Previous research on the preceptor role predominantly consists of qualitative interview studies and have not explored pedagogical models like peer learning.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantitatively describe midwives' experiences, conditions, and needs in their role as preceptors in a birthing unit, as well as their attitudes towards and experiences of peer-learning.

"The ignored pain" - experiences of encounters with healthcare from the perspective of women with pain persisting after childbirth - a qualitative study.

Introduction: Although the prevalence of pain persisting after pregnancy or labour decreases with time, up to 35 % of women report pain 8 months to 12 years after childbirth. To prevent the development and reduce the impact of chronic pain, researchers and clinicians emphasize the importance of early diagnosis as well as timely and appropriate treatment. Previous studies have shown that when women with post-childbirth morbidities consult healthcare professionals during the first year following birth, their problems are often neglected, and they do not receive adequate treatment.

Disempowering women-a mixed methods study exploring informational support about pain persisting after childbirth and its consequences.

Background: Access to information is essential to achieving individual empowerment; meaning the ability to exercise control, manage one's own condition and make informed decisions. However, studies have shown that information provided to women regarding physiological changes during the postpartum period and postpartum health was inadequate, incorrect, or inconsistent.

Methods: The aim of this study was to explore informational support about pain persisting after childbirth and its consequences.

Open dialogue - A grounded theory study on peer learning at birthing units.

Background: Peer learning in clinical settings is supported in nursing research but has rarely been studied in the context of student midwives at birthing units.

Aim: To create a theoretical model of peer learning in the context of birthing units.

Settings: Four hospitals and maternity units in Stockholm, Sweden.

Parents' Experiences of Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact After the Birth of Their Very Preterm Neonates.

Objective: To explore parents' experiences of immediate skin-to-skin contact after the birth of their very preterm neonates and their perceptions regarding care and support from staff.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study.

Setting: Birth and neonatal units within a university hospital in Sweden.

When student midwives are present during labour and childbirth in a peer-learning model: An interview study of parents in Sweden.

Objective: For peer learning to be useful in clinical practice, we need to know how parents experience peer learning during labour and childbirth. This study explored how parents experienced having two students present during labour and childbirth in a peer-learning model.

Design: A qualitative approach using individual interviews followed by thematic inductive analysis.

Grieving over the past and struggling forward - a qualitative study of women's experiences of chronic pain one year after childbirth.

Objective: To describe women's experiences of chronic pain related to childbirth approximately one year after labour.

Design: A qualitative design with face-to-face interviews analysed using inductive qualitative content analysis.

Participants: Twenty women who reported chronic pain, with onset during pregnancy and/or following labour, approximately one year after childbirth.

Student midwives' perception of peer learning during their clinical practice in an obstetric unit: A qualitative study.

Background: Evidence supports peer learning in clinical settings, but it has not been studied in obstetric units. In Sweden, obstetric units are a challenging learning area for student midwives because of the lack of attention to student needs and the stress of attaining the final number of 50 assisted births.

Objectives: To explore how student midwives experienced peer learning during clinical placement in an obstetric unit.

Exploring the internship experiences of Swedish final term student midwives: A cross-sectional survey.

Today, student midwives in Sweden spend half of their midwifery education at various internships. Practice reality demonstrates that there is an insufficient number of preceptors for the students, and the workload is demanding. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the experiences of final term Swedish students during their midwifery internship and whether other paedagogical learning experiences beyond the apprenticeship model were included.

Midwives' experiences as preceptors and the development of good preceptorships in obstetric units.

Objective: To study midwives' experience in their role as a preceptor and their perception on how to best support midwifery students in obstetrics units. Obstetric units are an important learning area for student midwives but knowledge on how to become a good midwife preceptor is limited.

Design: This qualitative study explores midwife preceptors' experience of supervising midwifery students in three obstetric units in Sweden.

A hermeneutic study of integrating psychotherapist competence in postnatal Child Health Care: Parents' perspectives.

A child's emotional and social development depends on the parents' provision of optimal support. Many parents with perinatal distress experience difficulties in mastering parenthood and seek help from professionals within primary healthcare. A clinical project was launched in Stockholm, where psychodynamic psychotherapists provided short-term consultations at Child Health Centers.

Perineal pain the first year after childbirth and uptake of post-partum check-up- A Swedish cohort study.

Objective: The aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the prevalence of perineal pain related to the perineal injury within the first year after childbirth. The study further explored the rates of postpartum check-up attendance, and whether they had undergone a vaginal examination, pelvic floor assessment and exercise advice.

Research Design: The primary outcome was women's self-perceived and selfreported occurrence of pain related to perineal injuries (within three, six and 12 months) after birth.

Parents' experiences when students are present during labour and childbirth: A cross-sectional survey of parents in Sweden.

Objective: Various student groups participate in clinical intrapartum care, but limited data are available on parents' perceptions of student presence during labour and childbirth. This study explored parents' experiences of having a student present during labour and childbirth.

Design And Participants: Qualitative study based on an analysis of 362 parents' responses to one open-ended question from a cross-sectional survey.

Urinary incontinence after uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal birth in primiparous women during the first year after birth.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Urinary incontinence (UI) is associated with pregnancy and parity and can cause health problems for women. Our objective was to explore risk factors for UI and its effect on women's daily activities, psychological health and wellbeing 9-12 months postpartum in a low-risk primiparous population.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, first-time mothers in a low-risk population with a spontaneous vaginal birth reported the occurrence of UI and its effect on daily activities and on their psychological health and wellbeing in a questionnaire completed 1 year after birth.

Haemorrhoids - A neglected problem faced by women after birth.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and severity of haemorrhoids after birth among first-time mothers in relation to management during the second stage of labour and to describe the women's experiences with haemorrhoids.

Method: A mixed method explanatory sequential design was used. Nulliparous women were allocated to an intervention group for whom the second-stage of labour practice followed the MIMA model (Midwives management during second stage of labour) or to a control group for whom standard-care practice was followed.

A hermeneutic study of integrating psychotherapist competence in postnatal child health care: nurses' perspectives.

Background: There is a considerable prevalence of and an increasing attention to emotional problems in families with infants. Yet, knowledge is scant of how to create efficient and accessible mental health services for this population. The study qualitatively explored public health nurses' conceptions of a clinical project, in which psychotherapists provided short-term consultations and supervisions for nurses at Child Health Centres in Stockholm.

Pediatricians' experiences of working with breastfeeding: An interview study.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate pediatricians' experiences of working with breastfeeding.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 pediatricians working at hospitals in Stockholm County. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using content analysis and an inductive approach.

A qualitative study showing women's participation and empowerment in instrumental vaginal births.

Background: An instrumental birth with a ventouse or forceps is a complicated birth, possibly resulting in fear of childbirth which could influence the entire birth experience negatively. Patients who are actively involved in their care have a stronger sense of satisfaction and a sense of participation can contribute to shorter hospital stays.

Aim: To describe the experience of participation for women involved in an instrumental delivery with ventouse or forceps.

Midwives experiences of participating in a midwifery research project: A qualitative study.

Problem And Background: In an earlier research project midwives were asked to perform women-centered care focusing on the assumption that the physiological process in the second stage of labour could be trusted and that the midwives role should be encouraging and supportive rather than instructing. There is no knowledge about how midwives participating in such a research project, uses their skills and experience from the study in their daily work.

Aim: The aim in this study was to investigate how midwives experienced implementing woman-centered care during second stage of labour.

Intensive care nurses' experiences of infants and partners' presence on the postoperative ward after an emergency caesarean section; An interview study.

Unlabelled: It is evident that immediate skin-to-skin care after birth has the potential to improve breastfeeding outcomes and maternal satisfaction after a caesarean section; hence partners and infants should be present on the postoperative ward.

Objective: To investigate the intensive care nurses' experiences of having the infant and partner present on the postoperative ward after emergency caesarean sections.

Design: Interviews with semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using qualitative content analysis.

Fathers' experiences of a vacuum extraction delivery - a qualitative study.

Objective: To explore fathers' experiences of a birth by vacuum extraction (VE).

Method: A qualitative interview study with 10 fathers analysed with qualitative content analysis.

Findings: The theme 'affected but helpless' refers to the father's role changing when childbirth terminates with a VE.

Midwives' experiences with mother-infant skin-to-skin contact after a caesarean section: 'fighting an uphill battle'.

Objective: to explore midwives' experiences and perceptions of skin-to-skin contact between mothers and their healthy full-term infants immediately and during the first day after caesarean section.

Design: qualitative interviews with semi-structured questions.

Setting And Participants: eight midwives at three different hospitals in Stockholm participated in the study.

Different attitudes during breastfeeding consultations when infant formula was given: a phenomenographic approach.

Background: WHO and UNICEF believe that both antenatal and maternity care organizations are in an excellent position to protect and, if necessary, reinstate a culture that promotes breastfeeding, and that they are responsible for doing so. In Sweden, the number of breastfeeding women has been decreasing annually since 1996. Thus the aim of this study is to identify, describe and analyze the attitude midwives have towards the mother, child and breastfeeding when infant formula is given.