Room 4 Birth - An Adaptable Birthing Room and the Effect on Labour and Birth

Room 4 Birth - An Adaptable Birthing Room and the Effect on Labour and Birth: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Healthcare Environment influences health outcomes. The effects of physical aspects of the birthing room on maternal and neonatal outcomes is insufficiently studied. This study will measure and compare effects and experiences of two types of birthing rooms.

Healthcare Environment influences health outcomes. The effects of physical aspects of the birthing room on maternal and neonatal outcomes is insufficiently studied. This RCT project measures and compares effects and experiences of two types of birthing rooms at one Labour ward in Sweden. A qualitative ethnografic studu will assess how women interact with the birthing rooms and its physical objects.

Inclusion Criteria:

• pregnant women
• Robson 1 classified, i.e. nulliparous, single Pregnancy >37 weeks, cephalic presentation, sponatanous Labour start
• speak, understand Swedish, English, arabic or somali or have an interpreter present
• Active phase of Labour: 2 of these 3 criteria fulfilled: sponatanous rupture of membranes, 2-3 painful contractions in 10 minutes; cervix dilated >3-4 cm or effaced and open >1cm

Exclusion Criteria:

• induced Labour
• planned caesarean section
• multiple gestation
• lack of informed written consent
• not Speaking Swedish, Egmnlish, Arabic or Somali