Table 2 Initial node structure

Pregnancy experience

• Ante Natal Care

• Birth preparedness

• Complications during pregnancy

• Nutrition

• Resources for pregnancy

Decision making: e.g. decision to seek health care or TBA, or stay to deliver at home, transport searching health care …

Delivery experience

• Labour symptoms

• Complications during labor

• Experience of pain and fears

• Type of health facility and health provider

• Time: to arrive at the facility, of labour duration, or to decide to referral if it was the case

• Way of delivery

Health facility assistance

• Communication with health providers (her perception, experience, emotions), issues of non-response from the health provider, not listening

• Delays in assistance

• Issues of disrespect and abuse

• Referral procedures

Post-partum experience

• Consequences

• Feelings

• Problems after delivery

• Symptoms after delivery

Causes (fistula causes on the woman perspective)

Relatives attitudes (husband, mother-in-law, mother … other relatives)

Community attitudes, social insertion (issue of rejection …)

Support

Barriers

Perspectives for the future

Illnesses or health problems