Maternal Health and Wellbeing

Women's experiences of being overdue in pregnancy 

Project Duration

April - November 2015

Funder

Nottingham Hospitals Charity

Project Staff

  • Dr Denis Walsh
  • Dr Julie Roberts
  • Kay Khan
  • Dr George Bugg

 

Staff Institutions

  1. The University of Nottingham
 

Aims

  • To explore how women experience being overdue.
  • To identify any additional social support women may want in prolonged pregnancy.
  • To explore how women understand and balance the risks of prolonged pregnancy with the risks of induction.

 

Methods

  • Semi-structured interviews with women who gave birth at 41 weeks or more.
  • Asynchronous online focus group with women who gave birth at 41 weeks or more.

Stage of development

Preparing documentation and protocol

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Contact for further information

Denis Walsh denis.walsh@nottingham.ac.uk  

Julie Roberts julie.roberts@nottingham.ac.uk  

 

 

 

Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group

The University of Nottingham
School of Health Sciences
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2HA


telephone: +44 (0)115 823 0820
email: helen.spiby@nottingham.ac.uk