“Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy
(2018)
Journal Article
Walsh, D., Roberts, J., & Walsh, D. (2019). “Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy. Feminism and Psychology, 29(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353518799386
Being pregnant beyond one’s estimated due date is a relatively common experience and requires complex decisions about whether to induce labour or wait for spontaneous onset. We report a qualitative study undertaken in the UK in 2016. We interviewed f... Read More about “Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy.