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- - This study explored how women's memories of childbirth affect their mental health, sexual satisfaction, breastfeeding, and future births, assessing women 4 months and 4 years postpartum.
- - Researchers followed 580 women from Tabriz hospitals, using various questionnaires to gather data, which showed significant correlations between short-term and long-term childbirth experiences.
- - Findings indicated that even years later, women's recollections of childbirth relate strongly to their ongoing sexual satisfaction and mental health, along with other significant postpartum factors.
Article Abstract
Background: There has been limited research on the lasting impact of giving birth on both mothers and infants. This study aimed to investigate women's memories of their childbirth experience 4 months and 4 years after giving birth. Additionally, it aimed to examine how the childbirth experience is linked to women's mental health, sexual satisfaction, exclusive breastfeeding, and the type of subsequent birth.
Methods: In this prospective cohort study, a total of 580 women giving birth in Tabriz hospitals in 2018 were followed up for 4 years. The data were collected using a childbirth experience questionnaire, a mental health inventory, and a sexual satisfaction scale for women, and were analyzed by a Pearson correlation test, an independent samples t-test, and a general linear model.
Results: The total scores of the childbirth experience in two short-term (4 months) and long-term (4 years) time points following the birth had a significant and strong correlation with each other (r = .51; p < .001). After adjusting for the effects of socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics, sexual satisfaction had significant relationships with childbirth experience (p < .001) and postpartum complications (p < .001). In addition, mental health had significant relationships with childbirth experience (p < .001), postpartum complications (p < .001), and low income (p = .004).
Conclusions: Even 4 years after giving birth, women have a clear recall of their childbirth experience. This experience has a significant association with long-term outcomes such as sexual satisfaction, mental health, exclusive breastfeeding, and subsequent birth type.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11137992 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-024-01819-9 | DOI Listing |
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