Coping strategies in midwife care for women with labour pain

Abstract

Objective: Literary review; analysis of literary sources dealing with midwives who use coping strategies in care of women with labour pain. Design: A review study. Methodology: Qualitative study; system search in the electronic databases Pubmed, Web of Science, midwives magazine, CINAHL, Cochrane, according to established criteria and the following keywords: coping, birth, labour pain, strategy. The overview was made within the period between September 2017 and June 2018. Selected studies were reviewed from the years 2000–2014. The obtained studies were organized according to Prism recommendations. Results: A comparison of studies from the UK, Ireland, America and Australia. The study showed the positive impact of a midwife who uses a coping strategy while engaging a woman in the labour process and allowing her to decide on its course. This relationship leads to a better understanding and perception of birth pain by women as something positive and needed in childbirth; it is co-operation with a midwife and managing the birth itself without risks and complications. Conclusions: The idea of modern nursing in midwifery is comprehensive, ongoing care for a woman by midwives during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period taken as a relationship and supported by a woman’s trust. This leads to the elimination of the disruption of natural processes of labour and delivery, the reduction of possible risks and complications, and to a positive pregnancy, childbirth and following contact between women and their newborns.