Article
Giving Birth: "We Just Don't Talk About It"
Journal of Perinatal Education
(2011)
Abstract
In this column, Alyson Grauer, a young woman recently embarking on her postuniversity career, shares her experiences with friends who do not talk about childbirth. She contrasts their fear and their unwillingness to talk and learn about birth with her own experience being the daughter of a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and doula. Grauer's experiences provide a backdrop for a deeper understanding of young adults' beliefs about childbirth. Judith Lothian provides insight related to when and why women and men stopped talking about birth and the implications for childbirth education.
Keywords
- childbirth,
- childbirth education,
- childbirth fear,
- confident childbirth
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 31, 2011
DOI
10.1891/1058-1243.21.2.123
Citation Information
Judith A. Lothian and Alyson Grauer. "Giving Birth: "We Just Don't Talk About It"" Journal of Perinatal Education Vol. 21 Iss. 2 (2011) p. 123 - 126 ISSN: 1548-8519 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/judith-lothian/31/