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Table 1 Birth-related information of Chinese migrant mothers (\(n=14\))

From: What matters to migrant women during labor and birth: Chinese mothers’ experiences in Switzerland

 

Mean (SD/n)

Birth hospitals

 

University hospital

7

State public hospital

4

Private hospital

4

Birth mode

 

Vaginal birth

10

   Obstetric interventions

 

     Artificial rupture of membranes

2

     Oxytocin

4

     Episiotomy

4

     Epidural anesthesia

9

   Instrument-assisted birth

 

     Forceps

1

     Vacuum

2

Emergency cesarean section

3\(^{a}\)

Elective cesarean section

1

Average days of postpartum hospitals stay

4 (SD=0.75)

Average postpartum months when interviewed

7 (SD=4.02)

  1. \(^{a}\) The mothers switched to emergency cesarean sections when vaginal births were no longer viable