Mothers’ experiences during prenatal and childbirth journey in Bali: a qualitative study
Ni Made Dian Kurniasari, Kazuko Tanaka, Desak Nyoman Widyanthini, Ni Luh Putu Suariyani, Rina Listyowati, Akimi Urayama, I Md.Ady Wirawan, Koichi Yoshimura · 2026
Read Mothers’ experiences during prenatal and childbirth journey in Bali: a qualitative study by Ni Made Dian Kurniasari, Kazuko Tanaka, Desak Nyoman Widyanthini, Ni Luh Putu Suariyani, Rina Listyowati, Akimi Urayama, I Md.Ady Wirawan, Koichi Yoshimura (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13595554.txt.
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Ni Made Dian Kurniasari and co-authors interviewed nineteen Balinese mothers about pregnancy and childbirth care across four districts of Bali, with data collected in 2017 and 2018. Indonesia has cut maternal deaths sharply since 1990. The quality of the experience still matters. In their 2026 write-up they grouped the women's accounts around one core theme. The theme was mothers' preferences and hopes for birth.
Women wanted care that was easy to reach and restful, and leaned on local midwives for support. Most chose hospitals to give birth because those places felt safer, then told of letdown over staff attitudes and poor communication once there. Many described knowing little about their options and simply taking whatever doctors advised. The authors argue that respecting women's wishes is not a luxury: mothers who felt heard described trust and support, and better talking is the clearest fix.
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| CREATOR | Ni Made Dian Kurniasari, Kazuko Tanaka, Desak Nyoman Widyanthini, Ni Luh Putu Suariyani, Rina Listyowati, Akimi Urayama, I Md.Ady Wirawan, Koichi Yoshimura |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65655 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |