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Table 3 Issues the woman wanted to talk about in a postpartum consultation

From: Postpartum consultation: Occurrence, requirements and expectations

Category

Subcategory

To understand the course of events during labour

To know if the labour process was normal and if they had acted in the correct way

 

To have events and experiences explained

 

To have memory gaps from labour filled in

 

To reconstruct a fast course of labour

To put into words, feelings about undignified management

Feeling of being betrayed

 

The lack of feedback

 

The lack of information

 

To not be trusted

To describe own behaviour and feelings

To put into words own effort

 

Losing one's footing

 

Hovering between trust in own body and trust

 

in the midwife

To describe own fear

Fear of labour

 

Fear of damage to own body

 

Fear for the health of the child