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Pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period from the men´s point of view.
POCHOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of men's perspectives on pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part characterizes the period of pregnancy, describing the changes in a woman's body that occur during this time, as well as the diagnosis of pregnancy. It lists and characterizes the examinations carried out in prenatal counseling. It discusses the care of a midwife and the role of men during pregnancy. The work then focuses on the various stages of childbirth and the care of a midwife for the laboring woman and accompanying man during childbirth. It also describes the postpartum period and what happens to women during this time. Lastly, the concept of bonding is mentioned and clarified. For the practical part of the thesis, a qualitative research study was chosen. The aim was to find out how men perceive the period of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum in their partners. Based on this aim, three research questions were established. The first question focuses on how men perceive the period of pregnancy in their partner. The second question explores how men perceive the period of childbirth in their partner. The final question addresses how men perceive the postpartum period in their partner. For data collection in the practical part of the bachelor's thesis, a semi-structured interview was used. The research sample consisted of 10 men who have experience with their partner's pregnancy and attended the birth. These men were informed about maintaining anonymity. For this reason, they are referred to as M1 to M10. The men verbally expressed their agreement to participate in the interview and data processing. They did not agree to have an audio recording made during the interview. Therefore, the data obtained was literally transcribed into a computer and subsequently analyzed using the method of coding and text coloring. Four basic and pre-prepared questions were asked to the men. Additional questions were asked if needed for clarification of information. The interviews took place in the informants' homes or in a café. After processing and evaluating the obtained data, a total of 3 categories and 17 subcategories were created. The subcategories provide detailed descriptions of the results and information obtained from the research survey. From the research, it was found that men felt good during their partner's pregnancy. The most common changes they noticed in their partners during this time were mood swings, fatigue, increased food consumption, as well as nausea or weight gain. Men did not come into contact with a midwife during their partner's pregnancy, as they did not accompany their partner to prenatal appointments or attend childbirth classes together. Therefore, they primarily obtained information about pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period from the internet. Surprisingly, not every man evaluated the approach and care provided by midwives to the mother and himself positively during childbirth. Additionally, men perceived the postpartum period as unproblematic. The results of this bachelor thesis can be used to improve the awareness of men, for example in antenatal classes.
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Awareness of mothers in the care of physiological newborn
Drmelová, Anna ; Nikodemová, Hana (advisor) ; Hromádková, Jaroslava (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of care of the physiological newborn and the awareness of women (mothers) in the different areas of care. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the basic nursing interventions and steps in the care of the newborn from its arrival into the world, through the subsequent stay in the neonatal unit to its discharge to home care. In the introduction, basic concepts and definitions in the field of obstetrics and neonatology are defined. Attention is paid to the specific care of the newborn in the early postpartum period, the importance and significance of mutual cooperation between parents and medical staff during the hospital stay and all the necessary points of parental education after childbirth. The empirical part of the thesis presents results of my own investigation, data processing and comparison of my own results with results of previously conducted studies. The aim of the work was to find out to what extent mothers are informed about the course of hospitalization in the neonatal unit, about the course of independent nursing care of the newborn in the early postpartum period and how much information and experience they have in the overall care of the newborn. The survey also includes research questions to determine the individual level of...
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Physiotherapy during and after giving birth spontaneous way
Piklová, Lenka ; Aujezdská, Eva (advisor) ; Novotná, Klára (referee)
BACHELOR'S THESIS ABSTRACT Author: Bc. Lenka Piklová Supervisor: Mgr. Eva Aujezdská Title: Physiotherapy during and after giving birth spontaneous way Bachelor's thesis abstract: This bachelor's thesis deals with problems of childbirth and postpartum period of women and deviations of the musculoskeletal system occurring in connection with spontaneous childbirth and puerperium most frequently. It also deals with the possibilities of physiotherapy, which can be used to alleviate, eliminate or prevent these abnormalities. The aim of the paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of information, to describe the effect of physiotherapy on a woman's recovery after spontaneous childbirth and to compile an information booklet with therapeutic exercises. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part, there is a description of the course and mechanism of spontaneous labour, including the anatomical structures that are most burdened by this process. Physiotherapy options suitable for obstetric care are also presented. More space is dedicated to the postpartum period and it offers a list of physiological and the most common pathological changes, including thrombophlebitis, thromboembolism, birth injuries, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, diastasis of the abdominal muscles, weakening of the integrated...
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Information of selected women in the reproducive period about the possibilities of family planning, pregnancy and childbirth in the selected region
Sojáková, Kateřina ; Hanušová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Váchová, Alena (referee)
The thesis deals with the issues of family planning, pregnancy and birth. The theoretical subsections focus on family planning, contraception, birth and puerperium. The practical part of the thesis is a survey that was carried out among the women in a specific region who have not yet given birth. The main goal of thesis was to determine the awareness of women in the reproductive period about the options of family planning, pregnancy and childbirth. The most common sources of information concerning reproduction were investigated, as well as the awareness of the types of contraception that can cause temporary inability to conceive after discontinuation. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate whether the female respondents are well informed about prenatal examinations, childbirth and the puerperium. The results of the practical part show that the women are sufficiently informed about reproductive issues. A total of 61,5 % of female respondents were able to correctly answer the questions regarding their knowledge. School, family and internet were listed as the essential information resources by the respondents. On the contrary, most women are unaware that some types of contraception can cause temporary inability to become pregnant. Most women too were not informed about the possibility of undergoing a...
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The role of a midwife in supporting woman's partner during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
ČEJKOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor thesis dealt with the topic of the role of midwives in supporting a woman's partner during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. The thesis consists of two parts, namely the theoretical part and the research part. In the theoretical part there is information about pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium and related issues. Education, involvement of the woman's partner and his cooperation with the midwife are issues that this bachelor thesis deals with. In the research part of the bachelor thesis, a quantitative method was used for data collection. The data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of 48 questions, of which 25 were closed, 9 semi-closed and 14 open questions. In the introduction, there were sorting questions. Next, the questions were divided into three basic areas: pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. The questionnaire was directed for men whose wife already gave birth. The questionnaire was distributed online, via the social network Facebook and via a direct link and sent to men of an unlimited age category whose wife already gave birth. A total of 120 men participated in the research. The questionnaire was processed using Microsoft Excel. Answers were processed using graphic representation accompanied by a verbal description. In this work, we set 1 goal: To find out what is the role of the midwife in supporting the woman's partner during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. For the research part, 3 hypotheses were established. The first was to find out whether a partner who is educated by a midwife during pregnancy in a woman perceives this period more positively than a partner who is not educated about the period of pregnancy. Here, a dependence was not found between the partner's awareness of the course of pregnancy in a woman and a more positive perception of this period. The second hypothesis was to find out whether a partner who is educated by a midwife during the period of childbirth in a woman perceives this period more positively than a partner who is not educated about the period of childbirth. Hypothesis number two has been confirmed. The third hypothesis was to find out whether a partner who is educated by a midwife in the postpartum period in a woman perceives this period more positively than a partner who is not educated about the postpartum period. Hypothesis number three has also been confirmed.
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Community midwife in the care of women in postpartum period and newborn
LANDOVÁ, Lucie
The bachelor thesis focuses on the topic of community care provided by community midwives to women and newborns in the six-week period. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part of the bachelor thesis, the reader is first introduced to community care. The subchapters dedicated to community care describe the history of community care, then describe the activities of community midwives in the Czech Republic and the last subchapter is dedicated to community midwifery care abroad. The theoretical part of this bachelor thesis also characterizes the six-week period. The chapter about the six-week period is divided into subchapters that describe anatomical and physiological changes in the six-week period, midwife care of the six-week period woman, breast care, lactation and breastfeeding, and last but not least midwife care of the newborn. For the practical part of the bachelor thesis one goal was set. The goal of the thesis was to map the care of community midwives in the South Bohemian Region. Two research questions were formulated for this goal. The first research question focuses on women's attitudes towards community-based care in the six-week period. The second research question investigates which care is provided by community midwives in the South Bohemian Region. The practical part of the bachelor thesis was done by a qualitative research investigation in the form of individual semi-structured interviews. The data collection for the research survey took place from January to March 2022. Two research sets were defined. The first research set was composed of six community midwives from the South Bohemian region, designated as KPA1 to KPA6 to protect anonymity. The second research set was composed of six women between 7 and 42 days after childbirth, they were designated as Š1 to Š6. The obtained data were analyzed by text coloring. The main categories and subcategories were established for data analysis and are described in the research section of this bachelor thesis. From the statements of the informants of the first research set, three main categories were obtained, which contained a total of eight subcategories. In the second research set, we analysed three main categories, that were divided into five subcategories.
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Influence of stress on women during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium
HAVLÍČKOVÁ, Karolína
The subject of interest of this bachelor thesis is the impact of stress factors to women's health during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium. The first aim of this bachelor thesis was to find out what is the most common stress cause for women during upmentioned periods. The second aim was to explore the women's ability to cope with stress. This thesis is divided into two parts - teoretical and practical. The theoretical part provides information about pregnancy characteristics (its duration, symptoms, signs and changes in the female body and organs during pregnancy). In subchapters related to pregnancy is the attention paid to prenatal diagnosis and stress factors during graviditas. The theoretical part also includes information about childbirth and its detailed periods. The subchapters considering childbirth provide summary of preparations for a delivery and the stress sources during the act itselves. The theoretical part also deals with the information about puerperium. This part is devided into subchapters which také into account breastfeeding difficulties, newborn care, stress factors affecting women in the puerperium, and psychological changes of women during puerperium. The final passage of the theoretical chapter discusses the definition of stress. The description of midwife role is possible to be found in each subchapter. The practical part of the bachelor's thesis founds its basis on a qualitative research in the form of individual semi-structured interviews. The survey was held from February to April 2021 and the group of analysed specimens consisted of 11 women not earlier than two months after they gave birth. To make the research anonymous the women were marked Ž1 - Ž11. All the interviews were held at the women's household with their approval. The research was going on in a covid-19 epidemic era, therefore all the restrictions such as face mask wearing and two meter distancing must have been kept during the visits. All the dialogues have been recorded, literally rewritten and analysed with women's assent. All the reached data have been treated by open coding, "pencil and paper" method (Švaříček et al., 2014). As the main categories for purpose of data evaluation have been marked: Pregnancy stress, birth stress, post-partum stress and their appropriate subcategories. The topics mentioned in "Pregnancy stress" are Covid-19 pandemic, partner's support, maternity clinic attendance and antenatal course. Aspects affecting the birth itselves are maternity hospital staff behaviour and partner's presence in the delivery room. The last category includes themes of breastfeeding and newborn care. On basis of the first, previously discussed, goal of this bachelor thesis was established the question which considers what is the most common stress cause during pregnancy, birth and six weeks post-partum. The result of this research indicates, that the women are most often stressed out because of the current coronavirus pandemic situation and prenatal diagnosis. The women are also worried about miscarriage or preterm birth. As the reasons of stress during the delivery were indicated hospital staff bad behaviour or a fear of being lonely and experiencing the feelings without partners. The investigation on the last category displays that over the post-partum period the women are worried about breastfeeding difficulties and insufficient childcare skills.The second question of the research followed up in what ways the stress impacts the women. From the survey it is possible to ascertain that all the involved women, except Ž1 were not affected by the stress in a long-term run. The specimen "Ž1" stated that her postnatal feelings and stresses had made her to shut herself off from her surroundings.The results of this bachelor thesis could be possibly used for scholar seminar purposes as a source of information for midwives. The other possible usage for this document would be a provision of needed information for pregnant women.
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Birth plan from a midwife' s perspective
TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor's thesis deals with the birth plan from a midwife's perspective. Two goals were established advance. The first goal was to find out the attitudes od midwives to the birth plan and the second goal was to find out what is the approach of midwives to mothers with a birth plan. The bachelor thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part and the practical part. The theoretical part introduces the profession of midwife and profession competencies. Furthermore, the theoretical part presents the importance of the birth plan, which women usually create a birth plan and the wishes that women can state in their birth plan. One of the chapters describes a childbirth and all his periods of birth (first, second, third and fourth). The end of the theoretical part is described the characteristic of the puerperium. The practical part of the bachelor thesis was based of a qualitative research survey. One research group was created with the help of semi-structured interviews, which was carried out with midwives working in the delivery room at Český Krumlov Hospital, a.s. and at the Hospital of České Budějovice, a.s. There were total an eleven midwives. The main criterion for the research survey was requirement for midwives to work in the delivery room and have experience with the birth plan. Before the interviews began, the topic of the bachelor's thesis was explained to all midwives and it was pointed out that the information obtained would remain anonymous. Interviews were conducted with the consent of the midwives. The individual interviews were recorded on a dictaphone and then literally transcribed. This was followed by data analysis and processing. To evaluate the data, two main categories and ten subcategories were identified.
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Birth of a Child - Rituals, Customs
Hokeová, Lucie ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Kubišová, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the birth of a child in the Czech family and society in the nineties of the twentieth century and at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The chapters and the subchapters are concerned with the periods connected with the birth of a child and are aimed at rituals, customs and activities connected with coming of a new life to the world. The thesis is divided into three main parts, pregnancy, childbirth and post-natal period. In the part Pregnancy we will look at how awaiting of a new life is reflected in the language, superstitions and various practices and what is necessary to do before the birth of a child, we will especially focus on the choice of a name and surname. In this part we can find the chapter on the preference for the sex of a child and on the values which the Czech society connects with a child. In the second part Childbirth we will look at the perception of childbirth as pain, at the course of childbirth and at the first things which are necessary to do after the birth of a child. The chapters on maternity, fatherhood and family were also put to this part since the birth of a child creates a new, lifelong relationship between a child and his/her parents. In the last part Post-natal period we will focus on creating of a social identity of a child,...
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Birth injury and future sexual life.
Hitzingerová, Milada ; Šmatláková, Lenka (advisor) ; Přáda, Jan (referee)
My bachelor thesis deals with the issue of birth injuries and their infuence on the sex life of the woman. It is composed from two parts: theoretical and research. Theoretical part deals with the definition of birth injury, its known types and ways it can be healed. Also I analyze how birth injury can affect sex life of women. The theoretical part also include information on the possibilities of faster recovery from birth injury. The researh section is focused on interviewing women on their experience of labour and at the end i summarize information about how well they are informed about methods of preventing birth injury and how the injury influences their sex life. For the research i made a questionare, which was posted online on different social media in groups, which are related to pregnancy. The questions are multichoice or the answers can be given directly. The questionare was only for women, who already gave a birth and only spontaneous delivery rather then caesar section. The results have shown that mothers are well informed about the possibilities of preventing a birth injury but infomation are not from relevant source. Other results show that those who used some of the methodes of preventing birth injury, as perineum massage, aniball and more, had smaller birth injury and faster and less...
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