Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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• Primary qualitative, quantitative studies about the personal pregnancy and birth experiences of midwives • Studies must include participants who are midwives or nurse-midwives in their sample • Articles published in English • Research and anecdotal records must be published in peer-reviewed or non-peer reviewed professional journals | • Studies that reported the pregnancy and birth experiences of student midwives, birth assistants, doulas, or obstetric nurses • Published in a language other than English • Anecdotal and research papers reporting birth experiences of women before they completed their midwifery training • Conference abstracts and letters to the editor that did not publish results • Birth stories published on website blogs |