Midwifery
April 1, 2026
Wan-Lin Pan, Cherng-Chia Yang, Yi-Hui Chen et al.
PROBLEM Childbearing women frequently experience stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms during the perinatal period, which may affect both maternal and infant health. BACKGROUND Mindfulness-based interventions have shown benefits for maternal psychological well-being. With the growth of mobile health, online mindfulness programmes offer greater accessibility; however, few studies have...
Midwifery
July 16, 2025
Orli Dahan, Sapir Bar
2 citations
Postnatal debriefing is often framed as a therapeutic conversation that helps women make sense of their birth experience and prevent psychological distress. However, emerging research reveals that debriefing can have highly variable effects, particularly for women who experienced trauma. This commentary offers a theoretical critique of postnatal debriefing through the lens of "set and setting,"...
Midwifery
July 15, 2025
Xin Wang, Ying Luo, Ying Gao et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have shown potential in reducing maternal negative emotions, but their effectiveness for women with fetal loss requires further investigation. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of MBIs on mental health outcomes among these women. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on MBIs for women with fetal loss were retrieved from eight databases, covering...
Midwifery
June 1, 2025
Ayumi Tanke, Hiromi Tobe, Yuriko Usui et al.
2 citations
Pregnant women frequently experience psychological issues such as depression, anxiety, and excessive fear of childbirth. Non-pharmacological approaches for improving the mental health of pregnant women are increasingly needed in public health. Mindfulness-based interventions are among the most promising approaches to improving mental health. This study aimed to 1) develop a short online...
Midwifery
November 1, 2024
Orli Dahan, Alexander Zibenberg, Alon Goldberg
14 citations
It has been demonstrated that birth without medical intervention conveys significant physical and psychological benefits to the mother and her newborn baby. However, there is a need to include women's subjective experience of physiological birth to understand and promote it. The theoretical concept of "birthing consciousness" hypothesizes that women during natural childbirth sometimes...
Midwifery
August 1, 2023
Christina Prinds, Niels Christian Hvidt, Katja Schrøder et al.
1 citation
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the derived changes in maternity care have created stress and anxiety among pregnant women in different parts of the world. In times of stress and crisis, spirituality, including spiritual and religious practices, may increase. To describe if the COVID-19 pandemic influenced pregnant women's considerations and practises of existential meaning-making...