News

October 2021

Please see the following link to a website providing more information on the new paper that the Norway team have written: Fødende kvinner vil ha ekte og personlig omsorg (forskning.no)

October 2021

Please find a link to a paper written by Mário Santos which discusses the analytical strategy used in Portugal for the national Babies Born Better dataset, and how it avoids a complete conversion of qualitative into quantitative data of the survey: Social Sciences | Free Full-Text | A Manifest against the Homogenisation of Childbirth Experiences: Preserving Subjectiveness in a Large Dataset of the «Babies Born Better» Survey (mdpi.com)

October 2021

Please see a link to a new publication out now in Norway using data collected from the Babies Born Better survey: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.16926?fbclid=IwAR2rd8KWqsEZAYG1NX5lBtZwW5kDVRXES-QOfB0mMeHBc_porC8C50fv3BI

September 2021

See below for the number of responses by country women birthed in. Women from 79 countries so far have filled in the survey! Head to the home page to take part in the survey and have your say.

Afghanistan2Germany2882Pakistan4
Andorra1Greece25Poland574
Argentina6Hungary11Portugal12
Australia44Iceland2Qatar2
Austria120India4Republic of Moldova2
Bahamas1Indonesia3Romania666
Bangladesh2Iran1Russian Federation330
Belarus9Ireland76San Marino1
Belgium434Israel12Saudi Arabia50
Bosnia and Herzegovina6Italy302Serbia3
Bulgaria18Japan1Singapore5
Canada30Jordan3Slovakia115
Chile432Kazakhstan2Somalia1
China52Kenya1South Africa5
Colombia5Latvia4Spain104
Costa Rica2Lebanon1Sweden577
Côte d’Ivoire4Lithuania638Switzerland52
Croatia532Luxembourg7Trinidad and Tobago1
Cyprus437Malaysia1Turkey6
Czech Republic31Malta23Ukraine12
Denmark433Mauritania1United Arab Emirates6
Ecuador1Mexico3U.K.1387
El Salvador1Montenegro2U.S.A.108
Estonia3Morocco4Uzbekistan1
Ethiopia1Netherlands923Zimbabwe2
Finland74New Zealand10
France18Norway2628Total14,295
As of 12th of October 2021

July 2021

Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra is currently using the data collected through your surveys to write a paper on childbirth during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this paper they compare the childbirth experiences of women who gave birth during Covid-19 and gave birth before Covid-19 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. More information to follow.

July 2021

The Babies Born Better survey has been extended to July 2021, more chance for you to share your experiences with us. Head to the home page to take part in the survey.

June 2020

Version 3 of the Babies Born Better Survey is now live!

Click here to go to the survey portal!