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Table 1 Demographic information

From: Women’s experience of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre co-located to a tertiary maternity hospital

No.

 

G/P

Education level

Transfer reason

Birth type

BC return post-birth

W1

Peta

1:1

Tertiary

Fetal distress 2nd stage

Vac

Yes

W2

Janine

2:1

Tertiary

Delay 1st stage

SVB

Yes

W3

Susie

2:1

Tertiary

Epidural requested 1st stage

Vac

Yes

W4

Julia

1:1

Tertiary

Epidural requested 1st stage

SVB

Yes

W5

Trudy

2:1

Tertiary

Delay 2nd stage

Vac

Yes

W6

Rosie

2:2

Year 12

Fetal distress 2nd stage

SVB

Yes

W7

Irena

1:1

Tertiary

Fetal distress 1st stage

SVB

Yes

W8

Mandy

3:2

Tertiary

Epidural requested 1st stage

SVB

No (retained placenta)

W9

Judy

1:1

Tertiary

Deep transverse arrest

Em LSCS

No (LSCS)

W11

Deb

2:1

Technical college

Delay 1st stage

Forceps

No (baby to SCN)

W12

Ruth

1:1

Tertiary

Delay 2nd stage

Vac

Yes

W13

Carmel

2:2

Tertiary

Fetal tachycardia

SVB

Yes

W14

Maria

2:2

Tertiary

Undiagnosed breech

Breech vaginal birth

Yes

W15

Diana

1:1

Tertiary

Delay 1st stage

SVB

Yes

W18

Alison

1:1

Tertiary

Delay 2nd stage

Vac

No (3rd degree tear)

  1. G/P gravidity/parity, SVB spontaneous vertex birth, Em. LSCS emergency lower segment caesarean section, Vac vacuum/ventouse delivery, SCN special care nursery