Table 2 Example from the analysis process from the second phone interview

Wanted to review the labour with

the midwife assisting

Review the

labour process

Course of labour

To have events and

experiences explained

One is not hundred percent aware

Not hundred

percent aware

Memory gaps

To have memory gaps

from labour filled in

To understand the

course of events

during labour

I wanted to get her view of labour,

if everything was like it was supposed

to be

Was everything

like it was

supposed to be

Normality

To know if the labour

process was normal and

if they had acted in the

correct way

It was so confusing when the body

wanted to go on pushing and the

midwife said that it was not yet time

Confusing when

the body wanted

to go on pushing,

the midwife said

it was not yet time

Trust one's body

or the midwife?

Hovering between trust

in own body and trust

in the midwife

To describe

own behaviour

and feelings