The meaning that a midwife uses ultrasonography for a pregnant woman's care in examination

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the meaning that a midwife uses ultrasonography for a pregnant woman's care in examination.
This was a qualitative descriptive study using an inductive approach five pregnant womenand a practicing midwife of a provincial city participated in this study. Data was collectedat an antenatal health check by means of general participant observation andsemi-structured interview. The descriptive analysis of the data was conducted by confirmingthe meaning a of appropriate to each subject.
The results indicated that the meaning of a midwife had such as “utilization as part of thecare by appreciating a pregnant woman wholly”, “cultivate a self-identity”, “induce interestin the fetus” and “joint ownership of the ultrasound image”