Why fear of childbirth must be studied in the US
- Written by Lee Roosevelt, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
Afraid?Pregnant woman via www.shutterstock.com.Approximately four million women give birth each year in the United States. Most women have some level of fear about labor and birth; it is considered part of the normal experience of childbirth.
For some women, that fear may be about whether she and the baby will be healthy. Other women may fear that...