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Table 6 Most important feelings associated with a negative birth experience among women following a normal labour a

From: Diverse definitions of prolonged labour and its consequences with sometimes subsequent inappropriate treatment

Birth experience

Positive

Negative

Adjusted odds ratio

  

n = 626 (%)

n = 20 (%)

OR

95% CI

Women’s feelings and experience

Statement

“It was exiting to give birth”

 

Strongly agree

566 (93)

10 (50)

0.13

0.034-0.5***

 

“It was painful to give birth”

 

Strongly agree

42 (7)

9 (47)

7.04

2.2-22.4***

Adjusted for age, country of birth, marital status, level of education and number of children

  1. aNormal labour includes women who experienced a normal labour with and without oxytocin augmentation.
  2. ***p < 0.001.