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. 2014 Winter;23(1):17-24.
doi: 10.1891/1058-1243.23.1.17.

Major Survey Findings of Listening to Mothers(SM) III: New Mothers Speak Out: Report of National Surveys of Women's Childbearing ExperiencesConducted October-December 2012 and January-April 2013

Eugene R Declercq, Carol Sakala, Maureen P Corry, Sandra Applebaum, Ariel Herrlich

Major Survey Findings of Listening to Mothers(SM) III: New Mothers Speak Out: Report of National Surveys of Women's Childbearing ExperiencesConducted October-December 2012 and January-April 2013

Eugene R Declercq et al. J Perinat Educ. 2014 Winter.

Abstract

To understand the experiences and views of childbearing women in the United States and trends over time, Childbirth Connection carried out the third national Listening to Mothers survey among 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals to a single baby from mid-2011 to mid-2012 and could participate in English. A follow-up survey directed to the same participants explored postpartum experiences, in depth and well into the second year after birth; views about maternity care; and some additional pregnancy and birth items. Harris Interactive conducted the surveys using a validated methodology that includes data weighting to ensure that results closely reflect the target population. The follow-up survey was reported in Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out.

Keywords: U.S. childbearing experiences; childbearing surveys; childbearing women’s attitudes and views; postpartum experiences.

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