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“We’ve interviewed prospective mothers about how maternity rooms should be like. It is clear that many components of interior architecture have impact on birth. Even a prospective mother having contractions is being subject to the screams of another prospective mother, can have negative impacts on birth. Dialogues with hospital staff are also important. Again, disorganized furniture, or prospective father not being in the room may also affect negatively. While in other countries prospective fathers experience the whole birthing process with their partners, in Turkey they can only see the baby after birth. Fathers are not allowed in wards which effects mother-father-baby union. Time here plays a role as well. Other family members want to be part of the process. The outcomes of this study may allow interior designs to support birthing process. It is important that the whole childbirth, which mothers may get scared, anxious, or thrilled about, takes place at a comforting environment that meets the needs. Since childbirth is not an illness, spatial features should also be taken into account when it comes to designing.”
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