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Abstract
Background: The expectations & experiences of giving birth are causing long-term implications for a woman’s health and wellbeing. Satisfaction with birth has been associated with several factors and mainly the emotional dimensions of care. This study aimed to explore childbirth expectations & experiences among high risk primipara women. Design: A descriptive study was utilized. Subjects: A purposive sample consisted of 110 women who met the inclusion criteria. Setting: The study was carried out at labor and delivery unit at Mansoura University Hospital, from February 2017 to July of 2017. Study Tools: The data has been collected using two tools, A structured interviewing questionnaire and the expectation and experience of birth scale. Results: The study result revealed that different types of high risk condition such as PROM (39.1%) & preeclampsia (30.9%). (48.2%) of women had birth vaginally & (36.3%) by CS. Around half (48.1%) of studied women were not expected to have hospital practices such as medication and IV fluid, the majority (85.5%) was satisfied with hospital practices such as food and fluids withhold during labor. While more than half had negative experience regarding supportive measures, information given to women and communication between nurses and women (56.3%, 53.7% & 50.9%) respectively. Conclusion: Most common types of high risk women in the study were PROM, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. The expectations of women regarding childbirth were higher than the real experiences in the areas of supportive measures and information given. Recommendation: Knowing women’s expectations are very important in shaping high risk women’s experience during childbirth.