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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Insider knowledge as a double-edged sword: an integrative review of midwives’ personal childbearing experiences

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• 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