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Table 2 Women’s answers to the open-ended question: " Why do you prefer to have the baby by vaginal delivery?"

From: Women’s preferences and mode of delivery in public and private hospitals: a prospective cohort study

 

Public sector (N = 183)

Private sector (N = 160)

n (%)

n (%)

It is natural

65 (34.7 %)

82 (44.8 %)

The recovery is faster/better

42 (21.1 %)

40 (21.9 %)

Fear/avoidance of surgery

25 (12.6 %)

25 (13.7 %)

Feel childbirth/Experience delivery

30 (15.1 %)

19 (10.4 %)

Less painful

18 (9.0 %)

2 (1.1 %)

Safer

8 (4.0 %)

4 (2.2 %)

Better care of the baby after delivery

6 (3.0 %)

4 (2.2 %)

No scar

8 (4.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

It is nicer

3 (1.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Shorter hospital admission

3 (1.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Don’t know

0 (0.0 %)

3 (1.6 %)

Other reason

33 (18.0 %)

26 (16.2 %)

  1. Categories are not mutually exclusive