The Effect of Creating a Birth Story in the Labor Room on Fear of Childbirth

Overview

The aim of this study is to reduce the fears of women who will give birth and increase their comfort. In the literature review conducted for this purpose, no study has yet been found that examines the effect of creating a birth story in the labor room on the fear of birth and birth comfort in primiparous pregnant women. In order to fill this gap in the literature, pregnant women in the labor room will be asked to create their birth stories and the effect of this on fear of birth and birth comfort will be examined. The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H1a: Creating a birth story in the labor room affects fear of birth H1b: Creating a birth story in the labor room affects birth comfort.

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of creating a birth story in the labor room on the fear of childbirth and the comfort of pregnant women. Data will be collected from primiparous pregnant women who are admitted to the labor room in the maternity ward of Gölbaşı State Hospital and are in the latent phase. Women will be informed about the study and will be asked whether they will participate in the study. Informed consent forms will be distributed to women who agree to participate in the study. Data collection tools will be applied to women who agree to participate in the study by the researcher through face-to-face interviews. Data collection will be completed with the end of the latent phase (≥ 4-6 cm). No intervention will be applied to women in the control group, however, the Personal Information Form, Prenatal Self-Assessment Scale-Fear of Childbirth Subscale and Childbirth Comfort Scale will be applied simultaneously with the experimental group. Pre-test data collection questionnaires will be applied to pregnant women in the experimental group at the beginning of the latent phase and pregnant women will be asked to create their own birth stories. A transparent wall board will be attached to the wall of the labor room and pregnant women will be given appropriate pens and asked to write their feelings and thoughts on this board and in this way, birth stories will be created. If pregnant women wish, their photographs will be taken and attached to this board. After the birth story is created, the post-test data collection tools will be applied to the pregnant woman again and the data collection process will be completed.