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Table 2 Reasons for step up in care

From: Working for patient safety: a qualitative study of women’s help-seeking during acute perinatal events

Interviewee (pseudonym)

Reason for step up in care (as defined by midwives caring for the women)

Alice

Transfer in due to meconium stained liquor

Belinda

Transfer into hospital as baby cold on delivery

Carol

Meconium stained liquor, high blood pressure, undiagnosed breach, caesarean section

Daphne

Induction of labour

Edith

Home birth, bleed post partum. 3rd degree tear

Georgia

Induction as late, long labour, ventouse delivery

Helen

Unattended birth

Irene

Baby born quickly on arrival to hospital

Jo

Crash section, Forceps delivery

Kate

Trying for vaginal birth after caesarean section, emergency caesarean section

Lucy

Induction, long labour, ventouse delivery

Mary

Induction, ventouse delivery, episiotomy, bowel and bladder problems

Natasha

Breech, failed attempted to turn baby, needed caesarean section

Olive

Vulval haematoma

Petra

Ruptured uterus

Queenie

Difficult delivery, 3rd degree tear

Rachel

Neonatal death

Sam

Induction, caesarean section

Tracy

Post-partum haemorrhage

Ursula

Midwife unable to hear baby’s heart beat, transfer in

Violet

Failure to progress, caesarean section

Wendy

Transfer in for 3rd degree tear