Experience of childbirth in first-time mothers of advanced age - a Norwegian population-based study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aasheim, Vigdis ^a,b   Waldenström, Ulla ^a   Rasmussen, Svein ^d   Schytt, Erica ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna   (Sweden)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experience of childbirth; Maternal age; Postponement of childbirth; Primiparous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PRIMIPARA; QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PARITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84874258287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-53     Document Type: Article

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