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Table 2 How women felt about the decision to give birth elsewhere

From: Women’s experiences of transfer from primary maternity unit to tertiary hospital in New Zealand: part of the prospective cohort Evaluating Maternity Units study

Time frame of decision to change birth place

Very unhappy

Unhappy

It didn’t bother me at all

Happy

Very happy

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Antenatal (n = 96)

13 (14)

28 (29)

32 (33)

16 (17)

7 (7)

Labour prior to admission (n = 54)

2 (4)

16 (30)

23 (43)

7 (13)

6 (11)

Labour after PMU admission (n = 21)

0

8 (38)

11 (52)

2 (10)

0