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Women’s health and midwifery
Mothers who undergo emergency caesarean section really experience grief
  1. Elham Khoori1,
  2. Fatemeh Vakili2,
  3. Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi2
  1. 1Counselling and Reproductive Health Research Centre, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
  2. 2Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  1. Correspondence to Dr Elham Khoori; elhamkhoori{at}yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-103979

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    Commentary on: Skov SK, Hjorth S, Kirkegaard H et al. Mode of delivery and short‐term maternal mental health: a follow‐up study in the Danish national birth cohort. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2022 Nov;159(2):457-65.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Mode of delivery is associated with postpartum mental health, so mothers with emergency caesarean section (EmCS) need more support for their mental health. Therefore, healthcare providers should pay special attention to the increased risk of anxiety, depression and stress in these women and provide appropriate care and follow-up.

    • Along with investing in technologies and clinical practice to minimise the number of EmCS, more research and education are needed to develop effective strategies to prepare and support women experiencing this delivery mode.

    Context

    Caesarean section (CS) is a lifesaving intervention which can be used when complications arise during pregnancy or delivery. In the last three decades, there has been a dramatic increase in CS rates worldwide, particularly in middle- and high-income countries. Despite the recommendations of the WHO that the rate of CS is not higher than 10% with the reduction of maternal and related mortality,1 at …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.