Table 5 Photographic images/videos of birth

Mode of birth

 Number of images/videos where mode of birth is clear

n = 56

n = 340

n = 2

n = 110

 SVD (total)

33

59%

304

89%

2

100%

42

38%

 SVD on land

15

27%

115

34%

1

50%

24

22%

 SVD in water

18

32%

189

56%

1

50%

18

16%

 Instrumental Births (total)

1

2%

7

2%

0

0%

0

0%

 Kiwi/Ventouse

0

0%

7

2%

0

0%

0

0%

 Forceps

1

2%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

 LSCS (total)

12

21%

29

9%

0

0%

13

12%

 Emergency LSCS

5

9%

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

 Elective LSCS

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

1

1%

 Unknown category of LSCS

7

13%

28

8%

0

0%

12

11%

 Location of labour/birth

n = 87

33%

n = 466

70%

n = 7

100%

n = 107

38%

 Birth Centre

0

0%

10

2%

0

0%

0

0%

 Clinical Labour Room

35

40%

44

9%

3

43%

18

17%

 Home

15

17%

302

65%

0

0%

25

23%

 Theatre

11

13%

27

6%

0

0%

16

15%

 None of the above

1

1%

2

1%

0

0%

2

2%

 Unclear

25

29%

81

17%

4

57%

46

43%

 Position in 2^nd stage

n = 19

n = 177

n = 0

n = 24

 Recumbent/Semi-Recumbent

1

5%

34

19%

0

0%

2

8%

 Sitting/Squatting/Kneeling

11

58%

117

66%

0

0%

11

46%

 Standing

3

16%

9

5%

0

0%

0

0%

 Theatre bed/LSCS

1

5%

11

6%

0

0%

6

25%

 Lying Down

0

0%

1

1%

0

0%

4

17%

 Lithotomy

2

11%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

 N/A

2

11%

5

3%

0

0%

2

8%

Livebirth or Stillbirth?

 No. of images/videos including babies

n = 55

n = 435

n = 6

n = 302

 Livebirth

55

100%

434

99%

6

100%

302

100%

 Stillbirth

0

0%

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

Of photographic images/videos of labour/birth, was it censored by Instagram?

 Yes

3

3%

51

11%

0

0%

2

2%

 No

84

97%

415

89%

7

100%

105

98%