To assess women’s views about the value of education in
preparation for childbirth.
This paper reports original research that embraces childbearing women’s views about the
importance of education in preparation for childbirth. A survey was carried out using the Birth Satisfaction
Scale developed by Hollins Martin and Fleming (2011). All of the items in the questionnaire
include a space where the women can add their own comments to allow them to document what is
important to them. This paper reports the analysis of this qualitative data.