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Background: The strength of the qualitative study interview is its natural way of researching topics in the person's own world. Therefore, qualitative examination of the birth process is important. Objective: This study's objective was to examine opinions, emotions and experiences of women reporting to have hypnobirthed during childbirth. Methodology: This is a qualitative study using a phenomenological design. The study sample was composed of 13 hypnobirthing stories obtained from four blogs. Data were analyzed with content analysis. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidance was used to report the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the university. Results: Five main themes emerged: preparedness for birthing, relaxing practices, influences of external conditions, satisfaction with childbirth and postpartum adaptation. Each theme had subthemes. Conclusions: Study showed that the women getting prepared for childbirth through Hypnobirthing methods felt calm and comfortable during childbirth. It is clear that they were ready to give birth both physically and mentally and experienced childbirth consciously. They underlined the importance of support from their spouses and childbirth teams. It can be suggested that women should make use of hypnobirthing or a similar supportive care program to get prepared for labor. Health staff in labor teams should be offered training for supportive care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preterm birth is stated to be one of the research priority issues of the World Health Organization. This is due to the prevalence of preterm birth with high rates in developed and developing countries in spite of increasing technology, treatment, and care possibilities. Preterm birth rates are high in our country, too. One of the preventable causes of preterm birth is stress. Stress has been proven to cause threatened preterm birth by recent research in the literature. In this article, relaxation-focused nursing care (RFNC) was developed based on the HypnoBirthing philosophy and transactional model that can be used to reduce stress in women with threatened preterm birth. While the HypnoBirthing philosophy argues the birth process is a normal, natural and healthy function, the transactional model treats stress as a relationship between individuals and their environment. This program was developed to extend the pregnancy period of women who are pregnant and have threatened preterm birth and to protect and improve the health of mother and fetus. The program was scheduled for 16 hours in two days. A study in which the program was applied reported that the anxiety of the mother decreased, the duration of pregnancy was extended, and the satisfaction with nursing care increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preterm birth is stated to be one of the research priority issues of the World Health Organization. This is due to the prevalence of preterm birth with high rates in developed and developing countries in spite of increasing technology, treatment, and care possibilities. Preterm birth rates are high in our country, too. One of the preventable causes of preterm birth is stress. Stress has been proven to cause threatened preterm birth by recent research in the literature. In this article, relaxation-focused nursing care (RFNC) was developed based on the HypnoBirthing philosophy and transactional model that can be used to reduce stress in women with threatened preterm birth. While the HypnoBirthing philosophy argues the birth process is a normal, natural and healthy function, the transactional model treats stress as a relationship between individuals and their environment. This program was developed to extend the pregnancy period of women who are pregnant and have threatened preterm birth and to protect and improve the health of mother and fetus. The program was scheduled for 16 hours in two days. A study in which the program was applied reported that the anxiety of the mother decreased, the duration of pregnancy was extended, and the satisfaction with nursing care increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]