Pregnancy in women with physical disabilities

J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2007 Jan-Feb;36(1):88-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00121.x.

Abstract

Women with disabilities are growing in number and increasingly interested in becoming mothers and raising children. However, health care providers are often unfamiliar with the health care needs of this group of women and overlook the important issues that make the difference between positive and negative experiences of these women. This article describes the preconception, antenatal, pregnancy, and postpartum issues of women with disabilities and suggests approaches to ensuring that women with disabilities have successful reproductive experiences.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Child
  • Child Care
  • Communication Barriers
  • Delivery, Obstetric
  • Disabled Persons* / psychology
  • Disabled Persons* / rehabilitation
  • Disabled Persons* / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Maternal Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Patient Participation / methods
  • Patient Participation / psychology
  • Postnatal Care / organization & administration*
  • Postnatal Care / psychology
  • Power, Psychological
  • Preconception Care / organization & administration*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / etiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / prevention & control
  • Pregnancy Complications / psychology
  • Prejudice
  • Prenatal Care / organization & administration*
  • United States