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Table 4 Photographic images/videos of women in labour

From: The perfect birth: a content analysis of midwives’ posts about birth on Instagram

 

UK

USA

NZ

Aus

n

%

n

%

n

%

N

%

n = 87

33%

n = 466

70%

n = 7

100%

n = 107

38%

Stage of Labour

 Latent Phase

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

 First Stage

19

22%

69

15%

1

14%

27

25%

 Second Stage

19

22%

177

38%

0

0%

24

22%

 Third Stage

22

25%

164

35%

0

0%

29

27%

 After Third Stage

25

29%

55

12%

2

29%

27

25%

 Not Clear

1

1%

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

 Position in 1st stage

n = 19

 

n = 69

 

n = 1

 

n = 27

 

 Recumbent/Semi-Recumbent

0

0%

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

 Sitting/Squatting/Kneeling

15

79%

44

64%

1

100%

18

67%

 Standing

4

21%

23

33%

0

0%

8

30%

 Theatre bed/LSCS

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

 Lying Down

0

0%

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

 Lithotomy

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

 N/A

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

1

4%

 Analgesia visible

n = 87

33%

n = 466

70%

n = 7

100%

n = 107

38%

 Nil Visible

57

66%

239

51%

4

57%

70

65%

 Epidural

7

8%

1

1%

1

14%

1

1%

 Entonox

2

2%

0

0%

0

0%

6

6%

 Hydrotherapy

21

24%

226

48%

2

29%

30

28%

Cannula Visible?

 Yes

11

13%

17

4%

3

43%

7

7%

 No

76

87%

449

96%

4

57%

100

93%

CTG Visible?

 Yes

11

13%

7

2%

1

14%

1

1%

 No

76

87%

459

98%

6

86%

106

99%

Ethnicity of Labouring/Birthing Woman

 White

65

75%

295

63%

6

86%

91

85%

 Black

8

9%

119

26%

0

0%

0

0%

 Minority Ethnic

7

8%

32

7%

1

14%

11

10%

 Unclear/Unknown

7

8%

20

4%

0

0%

5

5%

 Professional Present

n = 87

 

n = 466

 

n = 7

 

n = 107

 

 Uniformed healthcare professional

26

30%

69

15%

0

0%

18

17%

 Non-Uniformed healthcare professional

7

8%

116

25%

1

14%

11

10%

 Not Clear

0

0%

33

7%

0

0%

11

10%

 No healthcare professionals in image/video

54

62%

248

53%

6

86%

67

63%