I was hoping to find something extremely connected to my research proposal for the last research example. I have found it really helpful to see how other studies similar to mine had conducted research so I can get ideas. I ended up finding an article in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth called “Why do some women choose to freebirth in the UK? An interpretative phenomenological study” by Claire Feeley and Gill Thomson. The topic of the article was freebirth and the question asked why women in the United Kingdom choose to have a freebirth. Freebirth is when a woman gives birth to her baby with no professionals present. I honestly had no idea that this was something that women in developed countries did by choice, and it was pretty shocking to learn that it is preferred by some women. The type of data needed for the study was deep opinions and attitudes, and the data was gathered with a survey and then in-depth interviews. In the end, the data was analyzed with  phenomenological data analysis and coding of interviews. This article is a primary literature source.

The researchers posted advertisements for the study at freebirth education centers to recruit subjects. They gave the members of the study an initial questionnaire and then they had in-depth interviews to get more information. The study was successful in discovering some reasons why women in the United Kingdom choose to have a freebirth. Most of the women from the study made the decision based on their personal situation and previous experiences with childbirth. The study concluded that these women did not trust the childbirth system in the United Kingdom and wanted to take care of it themselves.

Since I had never heard of freebirth before, I thought it was an extremely fascinating study that could also be helpful with my research project. I wish they interviewed some women who had not given birth before and had other reasons for choosing a freebirth.

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