Women's Birth Beliefs During Pregnancy and Postpartum in the Netherlands: A Quantitative Cross‐Sectional Study

Introduction Women and care providers increasingly regard childbirth as a medical process, resulting in high use of medical interventions, which could negatively affect a woman's childbirth experience. Women's birth beliefs may be key to understanding the decisions they make and the acceptance of medical interventions in childbirth. In this study we explore women's beliefs about birth as a natural and medical process and the factors that are associated with women's birth beliefs. Methods Data were obtained from a cross‐sectional survey of women living in the Netherlands asking them about their... Mehr ...