Table 3 Comment codes from included Facebook media posts, examples of use and number of comments by code
Major category | Code name | Examples of proper use | n (%) comments (n = 6350) |
|---|---|---|---|
Violence and discrimination | Outrage at violence against women | “This is horrible, what has society come to?” | 997 (15.7%) |
Gender violence | “Those horny girls only bring children to the world to suffer” “…Contraception after birth should be mandatory, there is women that after a year are having another child and that is when complications arise” | 665 (10.5%) | |
Acknowledgement of discrimination or gender violence | “They are discriminating the patient because she is Indigenous, where are human rights?” “Violence against women has been so normalized that now when women come forward to report it, they experience double victimization” | 241 (3.8%) | |
Intersectional discrimination | “If they cannot afford children, why do they get pregnant?” “Women in those communities never go to prenatal care or look after their reproductive health, having babies like rabbits and of course those pregnancies have complications and because they are ignorant, they don’t take responsibility” | 106 (1.7%) | |
Women’s worth determined by mode of birth | “a real woman gives birth (vaginally) and doesn’t whine about it” “…I’m grateful my wife had a cesarean section since a part of her remains perfect and without damage…” “Women are not as brave as they used to be…” | 103 (1.6%) | |
Health and health services | Discontent at medical practitioners/health system | “It is known that doctors do unnecessary cesarean sections so they can charge more for it” “So many horror stories from the public health system” “In the public health system, they help you…die sooner” | 1366 (21.5%) |
Defense of health system and medical practitioners | “Doctors are human not gods, all surgeries have risks” “…Clinical staff barely rest, there is not enough hospitals for the population, which makes timely care difficult” | 175 (2.8%) | |
Negative experience with caesarean section | “Because of a poor performed cesarean section I had to have my uterus removed” “I had a cesarean and suffered a lot, they performed it on me because my mother wasn’t with me, I was alone” | 159 (2.5%) | |
Breastfeeding | “…I cry whenever I think I can’t breastfeed because of having a necessary cesarean section, it wasn’t my choice” “I’m happy to donate my breastmilk to the baby that needs it” | 54 (0.9%) | |
Pro midwives | “A good (traditional) midwife is the best way; women don’t die on their watch because they can detect complications and refer them to a doctor if needed” | 24 (0.4%) | |
Against midwives | “Preferring a (traditional) midwife instead of a hospital birth is like preferring to get smallpox instead of a vaccine” | 24 (0.4%) | |
Mode of birth choice | Cesarean section is a lifesaving procedure | “Cesarean sections are not by choice; they exist to save a baby’s life when it’s at risk…” | 445 (7.0%) |
Preference for vaginal birth | “I have had both a CS and natural birth, I prefer natural birth by a thousand” “I had a natural birth and I recovered quicker” | 275 (4.3%) | |
Preference for Cesarean section | “I love cesarean sections, the CS is my friend, I’m glad I’m alive now and not in the past” “I chose a CS, it’s a beautiful experience, I don’t regret it and I recovered in less than 3 weeks!” | 257 (4.0%) | |
Mode of birth is a woman’s choice | “Every woman is free to choose (their mode of birth)” | 229 (3.6%) | |
Disbelief at caesarean section information | Disbelief at Information about Cesarean section | “This is a lie; my children were born through cesarean section and they are very smart” | 636 (10.0%) |
Abortion | Abortion only after rape | “I’m against abortion but in these cases (sexual violence) I support it should be legal” “I believe abortion should be legal when there is rape, not when (pregnancy) is out of horniness” | 123 (1.9%) |
Abortion is a woman’s choice | “Yes, to legal abortion” “Give women the right to choose if they don’t want to be mothers” | 118 (1.9%) | |
Against abortion | “There is nothing to debate, abortion is murder” “Say no to abortion, yes to life” | 105 (1.7%) | |
Discontent at government | Discontent at the government | “The public health system could compete with the private sector if it weren’t because the government steals the funds” “Justice doesn’t exist in Mexico” | 248 (3.9%) |