Table 2 Overarching theme 1 - perspectives on the birth: results of antenatal and postnatal inductive coding
Antenatal | Postnatal | |||||
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Themes | Antenatal code | To summarise comments such as: | Themes | Postnatal code | To summarise comments such as: | |
“Be good” | Delivery should be good / safe | The delivery itself should “be good,” go well, be safe, includes thoughts of worry or anxiety surrounding the delivery | “Be good” | |||
Everything should go well | Includes mother and both baby and mother. Everything, all should be “good,” go well, be safe. Baby and mum should be good / healthy / safe | Everything was good | Everything went well, delivery was good / safe, baby and I are healthy | |||
Mode of birth | Prefer NVD | Wants / prefers NVD. NVD is good, NVD is better. Don’t want CS. | Mode of birth | Satisfaction with mode of birth – NVD | Happy had NVD, prefer normal, want normal | |
Dissatisfaction with mode of birth – NVD | Wanted CS | |||||
Prefer CS | Wants / prefers / would choose CS. Don’t want NVD | Satisfaction with mode of birth – CS | Happy had CS, wanted CS, CS is better | |||
Dissatisfaction with mode of birth – CS | It would have been better if I had a normal delivery; wanted NVD, had CS | |||||
Prefer quick delivery | Wants labour and delivery to be quick / fast. Includes 2 statements of “quick and normal delivery” | Prefer quick delivery | Long labour / better if quicker, references to time of delivery | |||
No mode of birth preferences | No mode of birth preferences, happy for normal birth or CS | Equivocal re mode of birth | OK with CS, if better for baby | |||
Reason for CS | Several statements about why CS may be done, not including preferences etc. | Reason for CS | Several statements about why CS was done, not including preferences etc., includes doctors tried for NVD but CS was done | |||
Pain | Scared / fear / afraid due to pain | Pain | ||||
Bear the pain | I cannot tolerate pain, I cannot bear the pain, will try to bear the pain, I am ready to bear the pain, will bear the pain | Pain during birth | Pain during delivery includes lots of pain | |||
Postnatal pain | Includes pain now (postnatal) | |||||
General pain comments | Pain general comments | General pain comments | Pain general comment, includes comments of small pain during or before birth | |||
Anticipating labour and birth | Knowledge | I don’t know much delivery / pain / both. Include both what women do and do not know. Includes knowledge of problems associated with delivery types | Anticipating labour and birth | Knowledge | I don’t know much about delivery / pain / both. Include both what women do and do not know. Includes knowledge of problems associated with delivery types | |
Preparedness | Anticipating labour and birth, focus on preparedness, ready to do whatever has to be done (Tx, Mx, Dr), excluding pain | |||||
Medication | Opinions regarding the use of medication in their care | Medication | References to medication | |||
Was scared / fear / afraid / worried / anxious prior to birth | Comments regarding worry, anxiety and fear expressed in the past tense prior to birth | |||||
“Traas” | Difficulty / trouble | Comments using the words difficulty or trouble referring to the birth “traas” | ||||
Treatment by staff | Staff are good / take care | References to the treatment of staff | ||||