Table 6 Thematic analysis of responses to open-ended question: What was the worst thing about the care you received during your recent birth? (N = 1015)
Explored by any items in the final survey | |
|---|---|
1. No consent for interventions / interventions done against my wishes | Yes |
2. Painful interventions (vaginal examinations, cervix stretching, episiotomy) | Yes |
3. Doctor/midwife style | Yes |
4. Hurrying the labor | Yes |
5. I could not choose a comfortable position | Yes |
6. They did not help with breastfeeding | Yes |
7. Lacking information | Yes |
8. Did not allow support people to be present | Yes |
9. Problems with prenatal care | Yes |
10. Hospital condition (room, bed, food, bathroom) | No |
11. Newborn hospital unit | No |
12. Children could not be with me | No |
13. Told home birth was too dangerous | No |