Responses to survey needed for study on birthing entirely alone.

[Ish'smom]

Hi Ladies,

  I am a mother of two little boys with a theory about an innate difference between birthing entirely alone or with someone present.  I am having trouble finding research for the phenomenom I have noticed and was wondering if some of you would mind sharing your experiences.  I need responses from women who have experienced birth entirely alone, with another individual and also who have experienced the presence of another individual and the lack of anyone attending during the same birth.  If you are willing to answer the survey please send it to my E-mail : [e-mail].  You can either give your name or remain anonymous.

Name:

Age:

Number of Children:

Short childbearing history:

Were there any complications or big stessors that occured during your pregnancy? What were they?

Rate your level of trust in your body from 1-5(1 being lowest and 5 being highest)

Rate your level of trust in the birth process from 1-5

Rate your level of comfort in the environment you chose to birth in from 1-5

Who attended your birth and were you comfortable with your plan to have them attend?

How did you feel about your attendants once you were in labor?

Rate your level of fear from 1-5 during pregnancy

Rate your level of fear when labor started from 1-5

Rate your level of fear once labor was well established?

Did you feel self-confident and self-reliant while you were alone?

Rate your degree of calm and self-confidence while alone in labor from 1-5(1=fearful and 5=calm etc)

Did you feel self-reliant and confident while any one else was present during labor?

What was your mental and emotional expectation for who would attend to you and when before labor?

Did you notice any shift in confidence level when you reached times that you had intended to receive help?

What sorts of things did you expect to have others do for you during labor?

What assistance did you ask for during labor?

What assistance did you feel you needed or wanted during labor and did that meet your previous expectations?

Do you feel you needed the presence of another person during your labor?

Did you expect to need anyone's presence or assistance during labor?

While alone during labor(intentionally)  did you feel you needed anyone else's presence or assistance?

Did you have hidden fears or worries that surfaced during labor?

Did these fears surface while you were alone or in another's presence?

Rate your level of satisfaction with your birth from 1-10(1=many regrets and dissatissfaction, 10= 0 regrets, the most perfect and amazing, heavenly experience you can imagine and you would change nothing)

Explain your rating of your birth experience.

[Ish'smom]

If you like you can post your answers here as well.  I would really appreciate some replys:)

[ElizabethE]

Hi there! There may be a couple of reasons why replies may not be coming in so much. One is confusion. I was a little confused about this study you are doing. Do you want people to answer regarding any and all pregnancies? Or just pick one and go into it? Some of us have had many pregnancies. I'm thinking of one member in particular who is very experienced in UC.  A lot of the women here are amazing resources!  The other reason is unfortunately as of late we have had some trust issues going about from some... less than congenial banter. It's caused the forum to experience a sort of silent lull. So that could be a contributing factor, as well.

Study aside, feel free to peruse this forum as well as some of the birth stories already available. There have been some excellent exchanges taking place that could give you a lot of the info you were already asking (albeit not as formal as a consistent study asking the same women the same questions).

[AttunedMama]

I've put less effort into graduate-level college classes than it would take to respond to this. You must, absolutely MUST send me cash upfront to even read all of those questions. Ugh.

[Amatullah0]

Originally Posted by AttunedMama 

I've put less effort into graduate-level college classes than it would take to respond to this. You must, absolutely MUST send me cash upfront to even read all of those questions. Ugh.

Way too many questions.

You'll notice, if you go through the archives, that most women who choose or even consider UC do so because they trust themselves to recognize and handle or get help with any issues that might arise.