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Table 2 Participant descriptors

From: The meaning of labour pain: how the social environment and other contextual factors shape women’s experiences

Pregnancy risk level

Onset of labour

Mode of delivery

H = High

SPON = Spontaneous

NVB = Normal vaginal birth

L = Low

AUG = Augmented

IVB = Instrumental vaginal birth (vacuum/forceps)

 

IND = Induced

CS = Caesarean section