The Questions
Below are the questions asked in The Birth Interview Project. If you would like to participate in this interview please email your questions and responses along with pictures from your birth to: thebirthinterviewproject@gmail.com
- Please give a brief description of yourself, and what number baby/birth you’re sharing with us.
- What was your due date, and what was your baby’s birth date?
- What was your baby’s name, weight and length?
- Please give a brief synopsis of your birth.
- What did you do to prepare for your labor and birth? Did it help?
- What did you like about your birth experience, if anything?
- What did you not like about your birth experience, if anything?
- What surprised you about your contractions/labor?
- In reflection, would you do anything differently, either before the birth, during or after?
- What do you remember the most about your birth?
- How was your birth experience different from what you imagined it to be?
- What were your immediate emotions about yourself and or your birth experience after the birth?
- How would you describe your recovery?
- How has your perspective of your birth experience changed in the last (write the current age of your child here) since the first week of having ( write your child’s name here)?
- Did you learn anything about yourself through this experience?
- If you could recommend a certain type of childbirth experience, based on your own experiences, what would you recommend to other women and why?
- Any further thoughts, comments or advice you would like to share?
