Pappors närvaro under förlossning - Barnmorskors upplevelser och erfarenheter
First during early 1960s fathers got access to the labor room in Sweden. Theirparticipation are a relative new trend and it`s not thoroughly described in theliterature. Midwives? responsibility is to give a good and medical safe care, and tocreate a positive childbirth experience for the woman and her partner. No previousstudies have paid attention to midwives' experiences of fathers' presence duringchildbirth. The aim of this study was to describe midwives´ experiences of fathers'presence during childbirth. The method that was used was two focusgroupdiscussions with eight midwives. The material was analyzed with qualitativecontent's analysis, which resulted in four categories and eleven sub-categories.Fathers? give support, are in need of support, experience various feelings and aresecondary. Further research would contribute to support the fathers` so that they canbe developed during the childbirth without taking focus from the woman. To bejudge on the basis of their own unique needs the fathers' increases possibility to showconsideration, vicinity and to give emotional support to the labouring woman. Thiscan contribute to increased positive childbirth experience, what perhaps is thecouples? biggest and most important common event in their life.