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To provide good care and support, other health-care professionals may learn from the experiences of midwifes caring for infibulated women during labour in Sweden.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>AIM<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To describe Swedish midwives\u2019 experiences in caring for infibulated women during labour.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a qualitative study. Semi-structured interviews with six midwives working at obstetric clinics in Sweden used open-ended questions. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed by using thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two main themes were identified: experienced challenges during the process of labour; and midwives\u2019 emotional experiences. Midwives experienced challenges during their professional encounters with infibulated women and a variety of emotions were evoked when caring for these women during labour. Lack of general guidelines and standardised routines complicated their work.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>DISCUSSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The midwives\u2019 experiences were negatively affected by organisational factors and being emotionally affected by the fact that these women were not perceived to be given appropriate care because of their FGM\/C. Policymakers in Sweden should consider implementing national guidelines for how to care for women exposed to FGM\/C, ideally at an early stage in their reproductive life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/hc21118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,23]],"date-time":"2021-12-23T00:57:39Z","timestamp":1640221059000},"page":"334-339","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["\u2018Some women are proud of their experience and I have to respect that\u2019: an interview\u2013study about midwives\u2019 experiences in caring for infibulated women during childbirth in Sweden"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Cecilia","family":"Boisen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ADepartment of Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska University Hospital and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden."},{"name":"ECorresponding author. 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