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Table 3 Previous childbirth experience

From: Prior childbirth experience and attitude towards subsequent vaginal birth after one caesarean delivery in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequency (n = 216)

Percentage

Labour before CD

  Yes

133

61.6

  No

83

38.4

Experience of pain during surgery

  None

155

71.8

  Mild

45

20.8

  Moderate

14

6.5

  Severe

2

0.9

Experience of pain after surgery

  None

48

22.2

  Mild

48

22.2

  Moderate

92

42.6

  Severe

28

13.0

Maternal complication

  Yes

3

1.4

  No

213

98.6

Neonatal complication

  Yes

24

11.1

  No

192

88.9

Complication type (n = 24)

  Birth asphyxia

15

62.5

  Infection

1

4.2

  Cerebral palsy

2

8.3

  Death

6

25.0

Overall experience of childbirth

  Satisfactory

196

90.7

  Unsatisfactory

20

9.3