UK Data Archive Study Number 1263 - Experiences of Childbearing, 1975-1976 : the Dignity of Labour?

l .. tUute for Soolal Studl .. -1-In Modi 00 I Care.

18 Vlatorl. P.rk Squa .... LDndonE2.

Childbearing Exp.rl.noaa

1IotI. 81rth Questlom.l ..

"' .... , \ " S ".....-..,'\" \) I I. We ... you or tho baby .. It ted to. ho.pltal or

...... Ing hotoo .fta ..... rde - I In the ten dayo fter tho birth?

Yea, lIO'Uwr only Y , bab)' only.... 2 Both , 3 Neither 0

If I. 2 or 3 a) Iohy woo that?

b) Iohot w .. tho n .... of the

hollpltal or ...... ln9 h_?

0) How aoon .fter tho bl rth? Within 24 houra ..... I day < 2 days 2 2 dey. < 3 ~)'a 3 3 daya < I we.k 4 I week < II days 5

d) How long w ... you/wa. tho b.by In hospital?

Mothor Baby No. of dayo

Stili In 9 9

f\; 2> II IF N)TIR ACIoUmO WITHIN FIRST M DAYS PROCEED WITH THIS QUESTIOItIAIR TO Q.99 THEN GO TO Q.I03 ON MAIN QUESTIONNAIRE. IF N)THER I.a.Umo 3-/0 DAYS AFTER 81RTH PROCEED WITH THIS QUESTIONNAIRE TO Q.I08 THEN GO TO Q./09 IF LIVE BABY. Q.124 IF STILL BIRTH OR BAIJ\' DIED.

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2. Iohan you flrlt trl.d to 0011 the .Idwlf. or dootor did you h .... U1Y dlffle.llty geU11III In

tGuah .~ all? V No 2 Quallfl.d ... 3

IF YES OR QUALIFIED Could you tall bout It?

3. 00 you h ..... telephone? Y .......... . No 2

IF M) (2) la tharo a pub I 10 telOflho .. within .ooy ... ch of your heao?

Vea 3

No 4 Qualified ... 5

Aftar youl d atarted haying oon~otlo ... and

bafore tho .Idwlf. or doctor .rrl ... d. w .... you

alone .t .11 (aport fron other ohlldran)?

IF YES How did you f .. 1 aI>out that?

V 6 No 7

5. OMIT IF M) OTHER CliILOREN Ioho look.d .fter tho other chlldl ...... ) Whll. you were having tho baby?

6. Ioho .ttended your I.bour and delivery? Woo It.-

Attended Arrived

flrat

OOOE Your own G.P. I

ALL Ana th.r G.P. 2 2 A .. Idwlfe .- 4

THAT Other lopoolty)

APPLY No prof ... lonal 0 0

IF N)RE THI>.N {)NE And who arrl ... d flrat?

OOOE AOOVE.

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49. W .. thoro any tilIng \he\ happ.ned w you or tIIo\

you dId before YOU ~\ Inw labour tIIa\ you

tI1ough\ .19M he .. halpocf w brIng It on? I don'\ ..., ony\hlng tho d:>oWr or ... ra. dId afW ... \\hOY ca.. for your labour:/ V I

No 2 IF YES lhal?

~. Old you go Inw I.bour of your own aooord or did

til. doowr or .Idolfo do anytl1lng 0\ .11 whelp !.!!a \h. I ........ ?

""t. t"to labour on own Induced 2

IF ON O~ Can I Jua\ _ok tho\ \hey dId 110\ do al1)' of tI1ea. till nga ~ your wat.er. broke or the ooml"'act.lona o\arled:

IF IKlUCED ~ your wawro broko or \ha oon\racUono o\arlod dId \hoy:

Vea No Break .ambrane. J 0 GI .. you an InJ.o~lon

GI"" you .. dIal"" or

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(Othor opoalfY)

) whelp ) alert

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3

IF IKJECTION OR MEDICINE a) Do you know wh.\

wea In It?

b) Do you tIIlnk I~

o

.lgIIt ha .. beon, V.. No O.K.

L ( ... ~!... __ ~Oxytooln 3 0 7 '.)'11-' \ - Proolaglandlna.. 4 0 a

or lohat? opoolfy

51. IIlTERVIEWER'S ASSESSMENT. Labour Induoed by drug. only Labour Induced by broken ,,8mbre,.. only 2 Labour Induoed by both .: 3 Labour not Induoed 0 Unoertaln If labour Induoed 9

N.B. IF JUST GIVEN ENEMA to !!!!I ODUNT AS INDUCED.

IF KlT IMlUCfD (0) SKIP TO Q.57

52. loha\ .... ona, I f any, dl d til.

IF OIllORllUE (2) How o .. rdu. w ... you reokoned w

be at ~. tI .. ? La .. than I wo.k GIIIlO NO. OF DAYS -7, S, 9 dey. 7 10, II, 12 dey e 13, 14, 15 day. ,., 9 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 daya 0 Three weeka or .are I

IF CON\NIEIlT (3) a) Could you oay a bH .0" about tIIaU

b) 50 would )'OU .ay H w .. oon .. nl.nt for you, the doator or .1000Ife, or both you and t .... ,

I Mother Prof ... tonaJ 2 Both 3

54. Old you r ... 1 you could he ... rofuaod to Induction I f you hod not wentod one?

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ha-VG an V ... . No ... 2

I F YES loho t do you th I nk _I d haw happened If

57. OMit IF INDUCE!. Can I Juat _ok, bofore tho baby w.. born w" I t over 10119_ ted that you might have an Induotlon (wi th drugo or brok4n _bra,..)? Y

)"OU had r.fuaed? No 2

1Ft() Itly not?

540. 50 wou I d you y you had a eIlo) co about bo I"g Induood or not?

In _t way?

Had chotce No ChOice 2 Qualified 3

55. How long bofors you woro I ncilood did you kn:>ot that that .,.. going to hoppan?

Old not know 0 Leaa than a day .,. ..... . I I day < ~ dey5 2 :5 clay. < I week :5 I week < 2 week. 4 2 wk < :5 week& ~ 3 wk < 1 month 5 I IIOnth < 2 IIOntha 7 2 IIOnths or .nora _. B

56. How did you r 1 about (not) bolng told thon'

IF YES (I) a) Itly wu that?

b) How long b.for. tho birth wei that auggelted?

L.eaa than I day 1 day < 3 day. 2 !day.-'C.l'W1 .. k 3

I week < 2 WllMka 4 2 .... k.y didn't you?

d) OiECK 50 w .. It boo ..... '-You wont Into labour

flr.t .. You dlcln't want on lndu~lon 2

or ItIat?

58. Old th. '*>cWr or .1"'lfa '*> anything at all .!!!:!!: your It up?

labo .... had .1.arted - \0 try \0 hurry

Yea ~. I No 2 t.n08rte.ln 3

IF YES DR lJiCERTAIN

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al \!hat did tho)l '*>? Broke .-.branea 5 Gave Injection 7 Gave .adtoln. or tablet. 8 E~ ............................... 9 Ot.hor apoolfy

IF IftJECTION OR TAIl.1S (7 or 81 II 00 you know Wlat woo In It?

II) 00 you think It .lgM he.,. been.: yoa no

Oxytooln 3 0 Proataglandlna 4 0

or \\hat?

O.K. 7 8

b) \!het r._ .... If any. did they glv. for

~t1"l9 H up-? No- "."CM 9~Wf. ... ..- Q

c) So do you think It w .. boe ..... ' V No Uncertain

Thoy wore worrlad about the bab1 0 5

You wore getting very tired 2 0 6

So tho t tho baby wou I d bel born at III

oonvenlent tl.e 4 0 7 or Waa there eny (oth.r)

reaaon

IF CONVENIENT (4 or 7) (I J Could )Iou )1 a bIt more obout that?

(II) So would you IIlY It wae convenient for you, the doctor or mIdwIfe, or boUl?

Mother Profe.alonel 2 Both 3

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59. DurIng your labour _re you gIven anything at

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60.

all \0 rollo"" delIvery?

the pain bofore tho aot.lal

Ye& Mi:) 0

IF NO al Would you ha.,. IIk.d \0 he ..... b ...

gIven OOItOthlng? V .... 2

No 3

bl SKIP TO Q.65.

Old you havo, V No An Injoc~lon ......... 2 0

\ So.othlng \0 Inhal 3 0 \-\y

T.bleta 4 0 Other apocl fy ........ 0

IF 2. 3 Or 4 00 you know .nat It woo? Oon't kn:lW' 9 P.~ldlne 6

IF INHALANT Old you haYO any probl_ with It? \!hat? No 0

\lhat happened?

IF GI \II toORE THAN ONE TYPE: a) \lhl"" wore you given flrat? Firat

InJ.a~lon 2 SQa,thlng to Inhale 3 Tabl.t. 4 Other opacIfy

Equel

b) \Ihlen did )IOu find .. ot holpful? CODE ABOVE.

Iobat h.lpfUl

2 3 4

5

61. Do you f.,1 you were !.l.!::!!: gIven ICIIII.thlrra at. the right. U.e or would you rath.r you'd been given It ooonor or later or not at all?

At right tt.e Rather loaner 2 Rath.r later 3 Rath.r not at. all 4 Other opecl f)l

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62. 00 you think you wore given onough (of tho dlff .... nt thlngal or ,""uld you haw liked .ore or w.,.. you 9 r yen too 1M.KIh?

GIven enough (of all) Llked.ore (of all) 2 Glvon \00 .uGh or did not want any (of aliI :s Enou!tl of 0,. II ked eore of others 4 Enough of one t.oo auah of others 5 Lt ke .ore of Onl 9 I VIIn wo .uoh 01 oth.,.... 6 Other opeolfy

IF 4, 5 or 6 Which OnN? Liked Too Enough "" .... .uoh

InJection 4 5 6 Inhalant 7 8 9

\~'0~ Tableta 0 I 4 Other 2 7 0

62a. Old you find what you were glvon holpod tho painc..- A lot I

A little 2 Not. at all 3 (MIxed affect) 4

IF MIXED Whloh holped a lot, 0 little, not at oil? Lot Llttlo Not

InJeotlon 4 5 6 Inhalent 7 Tablets 0 Other 2

8

I 7

9 4

o

6:s. On bolonoo oro you glad you had "'at you did or ,""uld you rath.r you'd had nothing at all or ~ other lort. of pain reliever:

65.

Glad had what. did R.~.r nothing 2 Rather acn.thlng ela 3 Glad one" rather not. oUler 4 (Other opoolfy)

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00 you k.- If thoy wore ohecklng tho baby'o haart at, all while you were In labour?

Don't k~ 9 Vas - they were I No - ware not 2

IF YES (II flow did th.y do thl.? Stethoacop 3 Horn or tru.p.\ 5 Othor (opeolfyl Don't know 6

66. I'd Ilk. to aok you _0 qu ... Uona about tho till. the dlfforont thing. happened:

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al When did you flrot otort having labo ... oontraoUona? (OMIT 'PRACTICE' CONTRACTIONSI

Day n .. USE 24 HOUR CLOCK Can't ooy 9

bl 4nd "'on did you 001 I tho .1~lf. or dootor? Day TI_

el At ..,at tl.o did _/he arrlw?

Day TI

dl And when did you atart puahlng _?

Day n ... Can't. .ay 9

01 And whon w .. tho baby bornlbl rth?

Day TIne

fl So can juat recap - It w.. 'I ~\.\\"aftar you oalled tho dootor/.I~lro that holohe arrived?

flow did you f 1 about that? Do you f 1 that he/ahe _e very quickly, __ In a

reaaoneble U , took rather e long U , or took an unre .. onably long tl .. ?

Ver,y qu1ckly I Raaaonabl. tl ...... 2 Rather long 3 Unroooonably long 4

67. For how long, If at all, during your labour would you aay you had bad pain:

Not at all 0 L a than 15 .Ina .. I 15 .In < 30 .Ina 2 30 1Ift1na. < 45 .Ina 3 45 aina. < 60 IIlna 4 I hour < 2 houra .. 5 2 hour. < 3 houre.. 6 3 hours < 4 hour... 7 4 hours < 6 hour... 8 6 hour. or longer 9

68. During your labour did you haw eny word .. or en>et w .... thay?

b) Old you talk to anyone ebout th ...

et the till.? V .... 3 ~ 4

IF YES (3) Il ~?

Husband 5 Dootor 6

~ M~lf8 7 OU;r spoolfy

II) Would you aay they

wera:-Vory holpful ..... S Fairly holpful 6

Not vary hoi pful 7 (Other apaol fy)

IF NO (4) lf1y nett

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65. W .. your _band with you during tho first otago 0( lebour - bafo .... you atartad puahlng down:-

All the tiM ...... . 15oMo 0( tho tl.a 2

I'!\C '"'Not at ell 0

70. W .. ha there:- V .. a) durIng the oond .tage 4 b} at the aotual birth 6

No

5 7

71. How did you fo.1 about thl.?

72.

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IF HUSBAND THfRE AT Au.. 50 we ... you V lad he

waa Uwre or ...ould you rather he'd not. boon tho ... - or not there at aorteln _tag .. ?

Glad there I Rather not there 2 Rather rot t.here at tl ...... 3

IF 2 or 3 lf1y waa the.,

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50 would you hove IIkad hi .. to bo thoro (for

.ore of the tl - or wu h. wIth you 'I"0Il bevlnnlng to .... d)?

V would have liked him (.ore) ~ No 6 There f~ beginnIng to end 7

IF" YES 00 you thrnk the .ra.rro/'doctor wcul

76. During )'OUr lobo ..... aU.r the doctor or .1001fo flr .. t arrlv.d. did they I.avo you alone at all?

Yea I No 2

IF YES (a) Old you have any dlffloulty g.ttlng In touoh with tt.., Y .... 3

No 4

Wera you .ntl .... ly a10n0 at any otago aftor tho dootor or .10.1,. f1rot arrlvod? Y .... 5

No 6 IF YES Old you .Ind - or would you

rathor _118 had been with you?

Didn't .lnd 7

79. Itlo. or ""at. waa the greatest help during tho fl rat .togoo of your labour - bofore you otortod puohlng -..?

Hu.band

MIdWife 2 alOE Dooto,. ............................ 3 ~ Student 4 OM.Y Preperetlon ola.aeN .5

Othor - opaolfy Moth I ng or no-oM ......... 0

t) ~~'\ V 0-. ........ ~ IF IC)f!E ntAN Ot: Itlo or what holped ""ot?

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80. Wou I d you deacr I bo tho 0110.1 fa a..r I ng your labour ~ Vary helpful

Fairly helpful 2 Not very helpful 3 (Other opaolfy) No .lcWtf. prea..n 0

81. Regarding your paino a..rlng labour. did you f I the dootor and/or .lo.lf. waalwera.-

~ry unde .. a\andlng 4

r-r .... 'y\ FaIrly understanding 5 , or Hot W)der&tandlng 6

''- " _\~ , (0ttl.r .pacl,'1) ,j

GROll' H In "'at way7

82. During your I.bo ..... -Old you feel .Iok at all .........

We .. you eotuelly .Iok DId you have e headache

Was It a bad headache Was It an eyerage h daaha We. It a mild headeohe

Old you hoi thl~ty Old you f .. 1 hungry Old you have baokache Old you have any other prebl_

or a)'lllpt_ et ell? Iohat?

V .. I 2 A

4 5

6 7 8

9

No o o o

o o o

o

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\ CoIling on to the aotual do II very, ...... any lno\runoenta .... d to help tho baby out?

Y .......... . Me:. 2 Don' to kt'oiII .... 9

GROJP A I\ow did ~u f.ol abcut tha\?

I F YES Do ~u knc>ot -,y that "' .. _ .. ary'! Wny? Oonl1. know .... 9

85. Do ~u knew If the baby _0 cu\ hoad fl rat - or waa U. a breed'! or ...nat.? Don't. kr1awt 9

Heed flra~ I Breech 2

86.

Other opeol fy

Old th.y give ~u oxygon before to help tho baby?

tho baby wsa born Yea I No 2 Doni to know 9

frI. For tho dollvery woro ~u gl_ any (.xtra) thing to help the pain? Yea , 9

No 0 IF YES a) Wnat? InJeot.lon ................ 2

~othlng to Inhale :5 Tabl.t. or .adloin 4 Oth.r opeelfy

eo.plet.ly 6 Partially 7 Not at all 8

c) On balanco ore you g lad you had -,at you did or would ~u rather ~uld had nothing at all or eOM other for'll of pain rillevir then?

Glad had whet did Rather nothing 2 Rather .a.ethlng .le8 3

IF /I) Would ~u heve IIkod to have boon glvon a ... othlng?

88. Old they out you at all?

GROLP S How dId ~u f .. 1 about that?

Yes 4 No 5

Y 3 No 4

89. Who actually dollverod the baby - woo It a dootor or I .ldoIlfo? Dootor

Nldwlf./Nurae 2 Oth.r (apoolfy)

IF OOClUR OR rtJRSEiMIDWIFE Do you k_ If thoy ere atu

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96. Old )'Ou ~ the baby atral!#1t after birth was d.llver.d?

away - before the Yes 3

No 4 How dl d you feol about that?

IF YES (31 Wor. )'OU abl. to hold hllllhor aa IOn;! sa )'Ou wanted - or did thoy hko hi..! hor .... llor or I .. ve hlal'hor with )'Ou longor than )'Ou wonted?

Aa long ea wan~ 5 Took baby away too .oon .......... 6 Left baby too long 7 Other apoalfy

IF NO {41 or 1'00 SOON (61 How long waa 1\ befo .. you w_re able to: a) a .. hlm/hor again? Sea Hold

There all tl.e 0 Within 5 .lnute I .5 1I1r,., < 10.lne 2 2 10 IIIl"s. < 20 .1 nee 3 3 20 .Ina. < 30 111r ......... 4-30 .Ins. < I hour 5 _ber of houN - .poalfy _

bl hold hl""".r? ODDE AOO'IE.

4 5

97 How long .aa tho.... betwe.n tho de II wry of tho baby end th. delivery of tho after birth?

Don1t know 9 Laaa than .5 .Ina I 5 .Ina. < 10 .Ina 2 10 .lna. < l~ mina 3 15 .1 ... < 30 .1,. ...... .. 30 .1 < J hour ........ !5 I hour + G

96. Old )'Ou he"" to he"" eny atltcho.? v .. " 9 No 0

IF YES .1 How long .aa It betw n the .fter birth _In;! away and _n the atltohsa .....

Polio In? leas than 15 alna 15.1"". < 30 llina 30 .1,.. < 45 .Ina.

2 ......... 3

~ .Ins. < BO .1n1 ~ 4 I hr. < Ii hra ~ Ii hr.. < 2 hr. 6 2 hra. < 3 hrs 7 3 hoUr. or longer 8

b) How dld)'Ou fHI about that?

0) Old thoy give )'Ou anything to help the pain ""'en they put tha aUtohea In - or "" tho pain roll.f for tho d.II ry .tlll working - or .naU

Peln rell.f for delivery Ex~re patn relIef 2 Neither 3

99. Looking beak now, do )'Ou oonaldar your labour .eo,-A pl ... urablo exporlonoo (OMIT FOR STILI. BIRTHI I Rather unplaaean\ but endurable ............... 2 A nlgh~ere 3 (Oth.r - .poatfy)

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IF IIJTliER Al*llTED TO HOOPITAL IIITliIN FIRST TID DAYS AFTER BIRlH 00 TO BASIC QUSTlOtflo\IRE. Q.I03.

,,:>.Y\ 1''2> () 101. After tho birth "" .. )'OU obi. to roat In bed aa

llUah aa you wanted or would you have preferred to get up aoonar or to rut In bod for a longor tl .. ?

Able to ru\ as long aa wanted :5 Prefer ~ get up eooner _1 Prefer to reat longer 2

IF (II or (21 Why wa. that not poaalblo?

,'J fY\ ,r::,:2... 103. !low IN did U. baby _19\ ..-. ...., ..... _ born?

Lea. then 5 lba. (ap.olfy) -~ lba. < &l lba 1 S; lba. < & lba 2 6 aba. < 6i lbe 3 6i lba. < 7 lba 4 7 lba. < 7; lbe 5 7; lb < 8 lba 6 8 lba. < Bi lba 7 8. lb < 9 lba 8 9 lb.. < 9; lb& .......................... 9 it lba. or .are 0

104. IF STILL BIRTH OR BABV OlEO AFTER BIRTH a) Do you _ why the baby diad/v .. atlll bom?

""y?

b) IF BABY DIED AFTER BIRTH How long did heloha

live?

.'0 8, 0) SKIP TO Q.I25 ON !(lIE BIRTH QUESTIONNAIRE OR

Q.124 ON BASIC QUESTlON'l/>.IRE IF IoIlTHER AIlMITTED

3-10 DAYS AFTER BIRTH.

I:)S -"'- 1 0 i:' 107. After ~ha baby voa born, during tho flrat two day.

waa the baby:- Vfth you art the 'U.a t WUh you durl ng the day 2 With you JUlt for , da 3

~ ___ ?thor epeol f~_~(

~- ~\~(~ / IF 2 or 3 'lh ..... woa hel'oh. whon h~.ha woen't ) ,_ with you? -

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lOB. So during tho fl ro~ 2 day. would you .ay you .aw.-Aa .uch of your baby .. you wanted to 1

or Too 11~tl 2 or Would you rathor ha ... not .a.n hloolhar (or

had hl.Jher with you) .0 .uoh , 3

IF (1l 101 .... ~ ..... In)' oooaalona wh.n you would rath.r not ha... had hloalh.r wi th you

when you did? V 4 No .5

IF YES (4) 'lhan woo that?

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IF IoIlTHER AIlMITTED 3-10 DAYS AFTER BIRTH 00 TO MAIN QUESTIONNAIRE, Q.I09 IF LI\ BIRTH

Q.124 IF STILL BIRTH OR BABY J 109. 101 ..... tho .... any different arran_onte abou~ tho baby

baing with you after tho fI ... t Wo da)" up ~\l1 tha t.enth day? (\l.J-:J (\ Yea 9

Mo 0 IF YES _~, Baby vlth '""th ... all ~. tl ....... I

Baby with .othe .. during da)' 2 Baby vlth .o~.r J .. t for f do .... 3 Baby no~wlth .a~ ... et all , Othor (.poolfy)

IF (4) ~ .... th.~? ........ woe hal.he?

110. So after ~. flr.t two day. ""'uld you aay you .avl-la .uGh of the baby aa you want.ad 'to

or Too I't-tl 2 or Would you ... ~er have ..,t ..... hlalhar (or

hid hl.lher with you) 10 .uGh 3

IF (I) 101 ..... ~.r. any oo_lona when you would r.~or no~ havo had hlNhar vlth you vt.!

you did? Vea .. 4 No 5

IF YES (4) "".n wee tha~?

III. Old tho baby have In)' perUaul.r probl .... "'" ... -V .. No

Jaundl Ole I 0 Being pr.awre 2 0

or Any ebnc:tNalltl ...... 3 0

IF YES (lor 3) a) Could you tell abou~ th.d

b) 00 )IOU think t.ho ... va. ony

perUaular reason or 08 ... '

""an

112. Before you had the baby .. _ u...... &rill dl ....... lo ... or were you g1ven any help or preparat,lon about.

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f .. dln; tho baby? Voa

No 2 IF YES (II Old thoy Juat .. k .nothor you want-d to

br ... t or bottlo f .. d or did they dl ....... Ithor or both of theae wIth you? Asked which wanted I

Ot&oua d breaat feeding 2 Oiaoue d bottle , .. dIng 3 01aouaaed both 4

IF BREAST 2 or 4 Old thoy ouggeat you do anything In preparet\on for that?

y~ 5 No 6

IF YES What?

113. And before you had tho baby dId you think you would try to bre .. t rood hl""'or at flrot or not?

Yea - brea.t. feed No 2 uncertain 3

And did you try to br ... t f.od th

119. Duolng tho f1o.t ten day. do )'Ou know If tho baby .Iopt very woll, faloly woll DO not .t .11 wall at night? At night Duolng cloy

Oon'1. know 9 9 Very well Fairly well 2 Not. a\ all wall :3

120. ~.t .bout duolng tho day? CODE AOOIof:.

121. And do y"" k_ If he/aha Doled. lot, aaount DO a Iittia .t night?

At night Oon1t know 9 A lot I AV8r8ge 2 little ~

4 5 6

en ayerag8

During day 9 4

5 6

121.) 'm.t .bout duolng tho day? CODE AOOVE.

122. ..... t .bout tho b.by'. weight ohOngo - do )'Ou know 11 that wea nomal - or what.?

Donlt. know 9 termel Othao (apeolfy)

123. Old )'Ou hel/O any (othoo) probl .. a DO .""Iotl .. .bout tho baby and tho 0 .... ho/.ha got In the fI""t ton daya? V

No 0

IF YES ..... t? Anything ol.o?

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125 ...... t about youo.olf - did you h ... any pl'obl_ or ~lloaUo .. In tho float ton d.y. aftao tho blothlb.by w .. boon? V.a " B

No 9 IF YES llhat? Anything ol.a?

126. During that tl ... would )'Ou '.'1 )'Ou wo ... ,-Vary oo.for\abl Fairly oo.fort.abl 2

or UnOOllfortable 3 IF 2 or 3 In "".t way? .... '1 woo th.U

121. OMIT IF If:) STITOIES 'oh.t .bout youo ath_, would )'Ou "'1 that .ftao they'd been put In

I

they oa .. od you: A lot of pain DO dlaoo.ro.t 4 A little pain 00 dl .... foot 5

or No pain or dlaoo.fort 6

128. Duolng tho \

float ton day. \ould )'Ou .. y that you _-.J Very well 4

Fairly wall 5 or Not. w&11 6

' .. Iopt.-

129. W.,.. )'Ou offoood DO glyen DO did )'Ou .. k for any pili. to holp you alaep? V .. , off .... d 00 given 7

Yaa, a.~d for 8 No 0

IF YES, 7 or B, Old you take thai?

V .......... . No 2

, I~.' During the ton day. after tho bl.th, did )'Ou

\t.e. weepy at 811'1 _J V

No 2 Cotament:

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131. Thinking now obout ~he Infol'lllOtlon you "",.. glwn. Would you how liked 110,.. Info .... oUon abou~ any of

lhaa. ~hlng6 - or would you ha"" liked Infol'l1latlon about then .arller? Iohat about: Moat

Y .. No Starting labour A................ I 0 Prooea. of labour 2 Caeaartan operation. 3 Induction 4 EpIdural or aplnel ane .. thetlo 5

Other fonu of pain Nil., . 6 The push 1 ng or oond taga 7

Actual d811y.~ 8 Baing out 9 Being atltohed I The after bIrth 2 Th. gadget. they USQ 3 The baby1a progreaa before labour.. 4

OMIT In.. baby" progre .. during labour 5 FOR I n.. baby', progr .. a around dollyery 6 STiLLI The baby'. progreol In fl rst 2 days 7 BIRTHITho baby's prog .... later on

OR ( In the fIrst ten day. B BABY (Breaat feeding the beby 9 DIED (Bottle feeding the baby

(loOking 8fter the baby 2

Your own progreaa efter the baby was born 3

Drying up the milk 4 G.t.U~ dd- g, tla &Utcn ... _ _ . :; Anything olo.? Ioha~?

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

o o o o

o o o

Ilip. I 2 :3 4

5 6

7 B

9 I 2 3 4 5 6

7

B 9

I 2

:3 4 5

132. During labour or delivery or the first hn days

aftar birth were you 91'18" any advloe or Infomatlon by a dootor or IIldwlf. which waa

dlff.rent fron what you hid boon told by anoUler dootor or III cWlfe?

IF YES (7) a) What about?

b) Who told you thlo?

YIN 7 No 8

Two dootor I

Two mldwlv8a 2 Doctor and mldwlf 3 Other - opoalfy

IF STILL BIRTH OR BABY DIED OR BABY STILL IN HOSPITAL SKIP TO Q.I35.

I 133, Iohon you were left t.o look artor your baby

( alone for tho first tim. did you f 1 ""ry aonfldont. fairly confldont or not vory oonfldent about It? \v..ry oonfldent

~atrly confident 2 Not very oonfldent 3 Other opoc I fy

134. Old the eldwlfo or anyone 01 glv. you any

advloe or lna't.ruotlon about oaring for the

baby In tho tin days afhr ho/.he woo bom? IF IClRE THAN 01 - Which 2 W1I& _t leportsnt to

you - would you rather hi ... boon told about l-1-'~C~ Yea 4

No 5 _ U roOE AIIlIlE.

OBTAIN DETAILS AIIlUT THE ONE (IClST IIf'ORTt.'ir) 1-

IF YES (4) Old you find thl., very helpful I

Fairly helpful 2

Not very helpful 3 (Other - opeolfy)

GROUP 0 In loIho t way?

IF NO (5) Would you "" ... Ilkod 50110 advloo or Instruotlon? Yea 4

No 5

135. Ai flrot afhr the baby wea

ha .. any help fl'01ll'-

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born/the bIrth dId you 138. LI\ BABIES. Sinoe the birth who have you talked to ... Inly aboui having the baby and aboui looking afl.ar the baby?

Yeo No

your hu.bend I 0 YOUr' Il1O ther 2 0 your .oth.r-l~law 3 0 at.ter or .Iater-In-Iaw 4 0 any other relatlv ............. 5 0 friends or neighbour 6 0 a local authorlt.y .... help 7 0 a privata hONe help B 0 a~ne .1 - .paclfy

IF KlRE THAN 01 - Who wee .. oot helpful? axlE AIllVE.

Moat helpful

I 2 3 4 5 6

7 B

IF HlJS6ANO HE1J'EO AT ALL Wee that Juot before and eftor he went to werle or .nat?

Before or after wof"',( only.... I Took holiday 2 Took time wl~ut pay 3 Given tt.e off ~ Unemployed 5 Other apeolfy

136. Would you haVe liked any (more) holp or IIOre .kllled help with anything? Veo 9

No 0 IF YES ~.i with?

137. 50 would you oay you had any probl._ or

dlfflcultl .. at fIrst or not? Ye. - aoma problens J No 2

STIU. BIRTHS OR BABY DIED. Sinoa the birth who

he .. you talked to .alnly about your oxporl.nos? Moot

holpful o No-one 0

Huabend I Mo~r 2 Mgther-In-lew 3 Sister or alater-In-Iaw 4 Other relatlvea 5 Friande or nelghboura 6 Health vlalter 7 Nurae or .Idwlfe 8 Doctor 9 Other apoolfy

Anyone .I ?

I 2 S 4

5 6 7 8 9

IF IoIJRE THAN 01 OOOEO - Who t ve you found _ t

helpful to talk to? CODE ABOVE.

139. Would you IIko to have talk.d to _no/anyono

010. about thlo (aort of thing)? Yea I No 2 Unoertaln 3

IF YES OR UNCERTAIN Can you oay .nat aort of a person - ...auld you prefer lSI friend, e relative, or aomeona like a doctor or

Friend I Relative 2 Doctor 3 Nur.e 4 Othor - .poc I fy

FOR EACIi 01 SEEN IF JlT SEEN Would you have lI .... d to call and aeo you?

Soan Since tho bl rth ha.. you 088111

Va. No

A general practitIoner I o

Health vial tor ! o

o

a) Old they b) Old you find -, 00.. to see V.ry Fal~ly Not v. you ai _a? help- holp- holp-V ... No ful ful ful

11 0 6 7 8

5 0 6 7 8

5 0 6 _7 8

I F YES: I. thore al1)'thlng pertlouJar you'd have liked

Voo No to 0 th ... about?

2 3

, 7

8 9

IF STILL BIRTH OR BABY DIED OR STILL IN fl)5PITAl. SKIP 10 Q.I46.

141. SI_(th. I.an da)'ll after ~h. bl~h.W ~u hod any probl .... wi th tho baby abou\:- Ever Stili

Sleeping at night I I Crying 2 2 Feeding or wind 3 3 Not. gaIning enout;;l weight 4 4 Gaining too auch weight 5 5 Anything .1 - .poolfy 5

None 01 thea. 0 0

IF ANY PROBLEMS I. th.~ .tlll probl .. or hao holsh. go~ ovor I~ now? (DOE ABOVE.

142. Taking tho I ... ~ von nlgh\O - on hoW .. ny of thoaa nigh" ha. the baby woken you or your huaband up?

IF mY _~ ~ I .... would tha~ b.?

Every nlgM 7 6

5 4

3 2 I o

Before m1dnlght MIdnight - before 2 e._, ...... 2 2 e._. - before 4 8.m 3 4 .~. - before 6 a.m 4 6 a.lI, or after ............... 5

143. \hat I. the longe.~ \1 ... hol.he has .I.p~ at nlgh~ dur."g the !aat. 7 deya? Laa. than 2 hour I

2 hoy,.. < 4 houra 2 4 hours < 6 hou ....... 6 hours < 8 hou'" S hours < 10 hour. 10 hours < 12 hour. ... 12 hours < 14 hours ... 14 hours < 16 hour. ...

3 4

5

6 7 B

16 hours or .ore 9

144. So dooa tho baby owr need w ba pi oIcod up a~ nlgh~? Ve 9

No 0 IF YES lIho uo"ally dooa It?

Mother II I~ya Mother u.uelly 2 HaJf and helf 3 Fe~r usuelly 4 Fether elwey 5 Other .poolfy

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145.

146.

1

I F NOT BEEN PREGNANT EEFORE - SKIP TO Q.I53. I'd Ilk. )'Ou to oomparo your o~erlenoeo In thl. pregnancy and childbirth with )'Our e"Perlen_ I .. t t 1.. \!!hen we.a born or you had

(FROM Q.4 & 5).

148. ~ld)'Ou .. y )'OIIr pregnanoy thl. U~e WOl'-Eaalar More dIfficult 2 About the .am ~ E .. lo. In ."" .-yo and

.or. difficult In Oth'ro 4 IF I, 2 Or 4 In..t>at way?

149. And wh ..... did you haw the baby/ ______ _

tho tl ... before?

In hO$pltal/~atarnlty hOGS 1 At ho~e - .~~e one 8S thl. tl 2 At r~~e - different. from thl. tlme 3 Other .p6~; fy

150. So t.~ot was:- T"'e 6&119 aa this t 1118 Ol'''''''' ... ..e"lt 2

IF DIFFERENT a) "'1 I..!-. dId you prefer?

Thl. t..ae :3 La&t. tillS 4 Both equAl 5

b) IF 3 or 4 ...,y I. that?

S51. The tillG t-efore dId you go Into labour of your own accord or d~d the dootora or nuraea do anything at a II to help !.!:!!:l: the labour - or dl d you haw a Cassarlan.2!!2.!:! you went Into labour?

Went Into labour on own Induced 0 2 C~asarJw' be~o~Q labour .tarted 3

--~--IF ON ~ Can I Juct check tha~ thoy did not do

any of these thing .2!!.2!:!. your ~/r-::c'"S broke or the oontraotlo ... .tarted:-

IF INIlJCED ~ your waters broke or the oontractions e;urted did th.y:-

Yaa No Break easbranaa I 0 Glv. you a drIp ) Give you an InJ.otlon ) Give you .edlalr,e or )

table~ l (Other - opaolfy)

io

help atart labour

2 3

4

o o

o

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152. How did your labour loat time OOIaparo with thl. tl ... In to ..... of.

a) L.ngth? Thl. tI ... woo It ohortar, longor or about tho ._?

Thl_ tine .horte~ Thl. 1.1. longer _ .... 2 Sana ~ ~

IF I or 2 OI>y do )'Ou think that wa.?

Induced thl. \1 ....... . I nOJoed tl ... before 5 o thor .poe I fY

b) Pain? Thla tI .. wa. It better, wo ..... or about tho o ..... ?

lhl. tIme better this time worse 2 Sene 3

IF I or 2 Why do you think that woo? Induood thlo U Induoed loot tl .. Other .paol fy

4

5

0) Tho way you we ra I coked aftar? Th I. t I.. weo 1\ better, WOrM or about the ... 1

lhi. tI .. better ..... . This time ~rs8 2 Same _. ~

IF I or 2 In what way?

d) Altogothor? Thl. tl.o woo It bettor, wor .. or about. the .eme'1

This time bett..r 4 Thle tlme wor 5 Same 6

IF 4 or 5 In .nat way?

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153. If there Ie eny doubt. about. which of t.wo thlnga

a doctor ahould do for YOLi woLild you prefer him to deCide Without telling you or would you rether he explained Bnd let. you chooae?

Doctor deolde Explain and let mother cho08e 2 Other op.clfy

GROUP E Can)'O\l oay why you f 1 like that?

154. I'd like to uk you 0 f!!IW queotlona about ""at you1d like to happen 1f you were going t.o have another baby and there were no medical

OOmplioettons.

If tho doctor .ald that If you liked he would

lIak. you unoonacloua for t.he aotual delivary-would you want that or not?

Prefer to be unoonloloua .5

Pl"efer to be COnsCIOUA 6 Other opoclfy

GROUP F Why wou I d you chao.. tho t?

155. If for your labour you were given a choioe about. having an epidural - that Is a aplnal InJe~~j~n whl-h mesn& YOu do not flal any pain 1:. ."1' !:",:.~ I ... :or; t lut the cbctor or .100001fe 1118y need to help tile baby out - would you ohoo.e to ~a\e an ect&_~el or not?

Epidural

No epidural 2

O~".r opoclfy

eROUP G k,'r,.J' "'=l"d you choose that?

157. If thA dootor 8fttd t.hat .hartly before the

baby waa due If you II ked you 001.1 I dOD ... Into hosplt81 on a partloular day and he would put you on a drip that would .tart your labour and mean that the baby would arrive ~ra quickly - would you like him to do thl. or not? Prefer InductIon 5

Prlfer no Induotlon 6 Other .poelfy

..... y would you 01100 that?

158. Would you rather heye the baby at. hOrle or In

a _pltal or Natomity home? Prefer at haae 3 Prefer hoapltel or .. aternlty home 4 Othor .poelfy

GROUP H ..... y I. that?

159. Would you stl J I meke U1a aama cholc about

being unoonaoloua or not for the delivery" havl n9 an epIdural or not. for your labour" having a d..-ip to .tart your labour or not, and having your baby at haNO or In he.pltal, If that .. eant there W1!5 a sllg,tiy Inoreaaed risk to tho baby'. lifo and h 1 th1

Ve." would .ake aama ehoJoea 8 No, would not 9 Other .poelfy

IF YES, WOLLO MAKE SAlE OlOI CES Could)'O\l .ay a bIt .. ore st:out that?

,

160. OMIT IF STIll BIRlH OR BASV OlEO Haw you t.ak.n

tho baby to a w.11 baby clinIc - or to 0 G.P. for a dleck-up when the baby waa well? Yea 9

No 0 IF YES (9) a) How many \lm8O?

b) Old you find thai: Very helpful Fairly helpful 2 No\ very holpful 3 (Other opec I fy)

0) W.re you able \0 find ou\ all you wan\ed \0 k_ obou\ tho baby'o

hea I~, progre&S and osre1 V 4

No ~ IF NO iIoha\ .1 .. would you haw

Ilk.d \0 know abou\?

IF til (0) Why Ia thaU

161. Hove you been \0 hcoplt.al a\ all? Yea

IF YES (Il Why w .. tha\? No 2

Post natal 3 Ib_ """, .. U __ 4

Baby unwell 5 Other opaolfy

IF 4 or 5 Who\ woo \h ott.ar?

162. So have} (",.1 l.,d Y00Jr poat. natel eXM yet.?

IF YES (Z) ~no did It?

Yea .,.. 3

No 4

IF NO :~) .) Wh.re aro you .... nt \0 haw It?

Huapltal

Cilnlc 2

General pr8o~ltloner 3 Other (specIfy) 4

b) ~.y havon't you had It?

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163. Have en)' of the doctors, health visitors, I'IJraea, or 1I1cWivu you've a88n, either ciJrlng your pregneno)" labour and delivery or alnos the

birth .. k.d If you would Ilk. any ao.l .. or h.lp about birth control - or he"" you aoked th .. about It? Vo

No 0 IF YES (I) a) Who rlrot ralood tha ou~Jeot _ you

or thom?

Mo~r rel d It. Profeaatonal ral d It 2 Other - opeolfy

b) Who did you dloou .. 1\ wIth?

OODE -All. -lHAT -

Doctor at ho.pital Doctor at ollnlo 2 General preotltlonar 3 Nurooldldwlf. at hoopltal 4 Nuraalmldwlfe at ollnlo ~ 5

~ Health vlaltor 6 MIdWife a~ ho.e 7 Other (opoolfy)

0) Whorl? DurIng pregnancy OOOE All.

lHAT APPLY During labour 2 After birth 4

d) Old they ... ntlon any partloular

... thode or blr\h control? Whet?

No ~od. 0 F ... er tartl'tz.tton y Mala atarlllzation 9 Pill I cap 2 COll 3 Sheath 4 Other (opaolfy)

IF y or 9 iIoha\ happened?

F .... I. ot.arlllzatlon oorr.O

165. OMIT IF M)lliER OR HUSBAND STERILIZED. A ...

you and your huabe.nd ua 'ng any .. thod of birth cont.rol now - Wu.t lbout.s-SHCM CARD

ANJ START READING OUT NAIoS OF EAQi IN TlR'l

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Ewr

Ualng In pea~

.- Y .. No lhoplll ................ I I Cap - diaphragm 2 2 Coll-ioop-Introu~rlno

ring-IUD 3 3 Sheath-rubber-ooncbro

Ourex or French le~~.r

172. I'd Ilk. to .. k you about tho pain you had at dlffo ...... t otago. of your labour. Would you put

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a .ar\< right at tho botto. of tho II .. If you had .." pain a t that .togo and right at tha top If you felt It .... tho ..orot pain you oould po .. lbly I .. gl.... Flrot Of all.

I) ltIan thoy broke your ... bfoenea.

MMbranea not broken ....... '1

II) Then during your labour - but bofo ... you atortad puahlng down.

'\ III) _ .t tho .ooon::! .toga - of tor you atortod ,~\. pushing _no

Iv) And .t tho tual dellvory.

v) ltIen they put the atHchoa In. No a\ltohaa a y

"- (":, A.s,1

, t

=

,

179. W1en did yoGI atop work - before the baby waa

born or haw you worked all the t.1 .. apart. ff'Olll .ateml\y I.ave? Laa\ SWpped

.topped full-\I ... 'IIor1

I .. Utute for Soolal Studl .. In Medlaal Ca ... - 1-OO~ I DENT I AL

18 Vlctcr~a Par~ Square, Lon:lon E2.

Childbaartrg Experlenoea

Questionnaire for mothers

I I GROlJ' __ _

INTROOOCTlON; I'. fl'Otl a aoclal r .... rah organl.a~lon, tho I .. Utute for Soolal S~udl .. In Modlool Ca.... w. are

2 3 4 5 6 7 e 9 10 II 12 13 '. 14 15

8. \!hen wu It. thet. you flret aaw a motor about. your pregnanoy - or about the peaol bIll ty tha t

you .Ight be p ... g .... nt? Can you oay how ... ny weke you ware pregnant then - U\a\ la, how 10"13 was It slnoo your lut porlod?

Under 5 1 5 < 6 6 < 7 ........... 7 < 8 8 < 9 9< 10

10 < II ...... 11< 12 12 < 16 16 < 20 2Qo. apaolfy

IF NJ ESTIMATE alIa It that you know at tha Urle and have forgotten now or dl d you not know then?

2 3 4

5 6 7 B

9

0

Forgotten sino. 7 Old not know then 8

bl Could you oay how .any parlado

you had .Ia.ed then? ~~bor _____ _

Cantt re.eaber 9

I F LEFT FOR NINE WEEKS OR MORE Was tharo any

reason "*'y you didn't go before tMn? \hat?

9. \It\an tha doctor ra.II.ed you were pregnant VIh.t arrang .. enta were .. ~ about where you should M" tM baby?

In NHS hDeplt.a'/matarnlt.y homa In privata nurelng home 2 At. no.. ............ 3 Other (opoalfyl

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10. We ... you heppy about that or dId you f_1 than that "au would rather ha ... the baby at hoa';ln anoth.r haapltal/ln heapltal or "'at?

Happy about It I Pr.far dlff .... nt haapltal 2

hoapltal 3 ha.a 4

Other apaclfY S

IF PREFER ELSE'lMERE (2,3,4 or 51 al \hy waa that?

bl \hy wasn't that arrangod?

I F HAPPY AOOur I T (I I al Why dId you profor It thore?

bl Old you fo.1 you had a

ahaloo about thla?

v 6 No 7 Quallfhd B

In ""'at way? Why was that?

II. ~.re did you get. your antA-natal care?

ODDE ALL llIAT

APPLY

No ante-natal care 0 Hoapltal I G.P. aurgary or haalth cent.re 2 HOMe 4 Other opaalfy

IF IIlNE al Why waa that? (PROBE FULLYI

b) SKIP TO QUESTION 26, PAGE 5.

12. So at. hOw .any dIfferent plaaes did you gat your ante-natal oara? IF MORE THAN TWO \hlah we ... tha _ you went

to _t afton?

13. ""an dId you go for your flrat an_tal vl.lt - how .any .. eke were you pregnant then?

IF NJ ESTIMATE Can you a. how .. ny parlado you had .Iaaed ~n?

DDlf'LETE Q.14 - Q.2.5 FOR 22!. OF TWO MAIN SOURCES OF ANTE-NATAL CARE.

3

2 4 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14

I'd Ilk. w .. k you a _r of quMU_ abou~ the a_~1 oare you go~ a~ ________ -:-

CODE IF, Hoapl4al General praatltlone,.l urgel")' 2

Hoa. - SKIP to Q.19 4 Other ............................ 8

14. FI .. ~, hQw long did I~ ~ke you w 9.~ ther.? le&a than 10 .,,._ 10 .tne_ < 20 .lna_ 2 20 .lna_ < 30 .tn. 3 30 .t,._ < 40 .tne 4 40 a'ne_ < ~ .Ine_ 5 ~ .lna. < 60 .Ina_ 6 I hour or more (op.olfy) 7

15. _ did you ueually go? Publlo tranaport I Own cer 2 Walk al' way 3 Other ( .,.clfy)

16. .) How long WBra you usually at. the aurgerylhcJ....

17.

pl~l/h.alth oon~? A~ hDopl~11 Altog-aurg.ry eth ...

Le.e ~.n I~ .ina I I 15 . na. < 30 alna. .......... 2 2 30 .1,.. < 00 .1 ... _ ....... 3 3 45 .'na_ < I hour 4 4 I hour < Ii hour S S Ii hours < 2 houra ...... 6 6 2houre < 3 hour. ........... 7 7 3 houre < 4 hou ... .......... B 8 4 houra or IIOr. (ap.olfy) 9 9

b) And _ long did ~a whol. vl.1t t ... fro.

the tI .. you I.ft hoM or work until the ~I_ you go~ baok? COOE ABOVE.

.) _ long did you ueually have W ... It thare ...,., you w.re not being ... n by anyone?

Leaa \han 5.1n. 5 .1,.. < 10 .1,.. 2

......... :s 10 .1,.. < IS .In.. 15 .1,. .. < 30 .In. 30 .Ina .. < 45 .1 ....

4-......... S

45 .1,... < I nou~ 6 I hour < Ii hours 7 Ii ~ra < 2 hour. 8 2 houra < 3 houra 9 3 hour. or long.r (opeolfy) 0

b) 00 you thl"" ~Ia w .. r ... o.-bl. or noU R ..anabl Not reaaoMble 2 Other .,.olfy

18. Dl d you go every t I you WN .. ant \.o? Yea 0 No 9 Unoerte In 8

IF PO (9) a) _ .... y tI_ did you .1 .. , _

b) Illy w .. thaU

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19. ....~ abou~ ~he Mdloal and ... relllll care you __ given thire - _Id you _orl ... _~ .. .

GROUP A In.nat way?

ary good .......... . Fairly good 2 Nat \.00 good 3 (Oth.r - apeolfy)

20. Would you da.orl ... the _y they ~ .. _ you !!.! person .. I Very good ............ 5

FaIrly goad S Not \00 good 7 (O~her - apeolfy)

GRllP B In.na~ way?

21. Were _y very good, fairly good or no~ We good abou~ a""lalnlllll ~hlnga W you?

GROUP C I n ""a~ way?

Very good Fairly good 2 Not too goad 3 (Oth.r - apeolfy)

22. Old you feal you wa .. abl. to dl ....... the thing. you wanted W wi th thea fully or not?

23.

GROlP 0 In ...,at way?

V.a 5 No 6 Oth.r - .,.olfy

Old you 9a~ _~ of your oare there fro. OM or too> peopl. the~ you go\ w k_ or did you ~nd W aa. different poopla .. oh tiM?

One or ~o Dlff.rent plopl ah \1 2 Other apeolfy

GROlP E _ dl d you f.al about tho U

24. Old you heve .11Y (other) probl_ .bou~ going fo,. ant.-nttal 0.,... auat. ear V.. No

the ollnloo ... 1l1li at _ord ~I_. I 0 ct4IT IF FIRST 1lAB'( or I~ ... 1l1li

dlffloul~ W arrang. abou~ your oth.r ohlld( .. n)

or U1)'th11lll al - .,.olfy 2

25. 10 thar. al1Ythlllll ala. you'd like w aq .-the an_~1 oa .. you go~ the .. ?

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2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 II 12 13 14

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SKIP 10 PAGE 5 IF O~V OlE SOtJlCE (F ANTE-NATAL CARE

Now I'd Ilk. to .. k you a I'Ulber a( qu~otlo .. about tho ante-notal oa .. you got .t ________ ~

CODE IF: Hoapltal General practitIoner'. aurgery 2 Ha.. - SKIP to Q.19 4 Other a

14. FI ... t. '- long did It take you to g.t thar.? la&a than 10 .tna 10 .1,.. < 20 .Ina. ......... 2 20 .Ins. < JO .1 ... . ........ 3 30.Ins. < 40 mtna. ........ 4 40 III ... < 50 .Ine. ........ .5 &l .1 ... < 60 .Ina. ....... 6 I hour or IIOro (apoolfy' .... 7

15. How did you uoually go? Publto tranaport Own car 2 Walk all way 3 Othor (opacify'

16. .) How long wore you usual I)' at the aUI"90ry/ho ....

17.

pltal/hoalth oontro? At hoopltall AI tog-aurgery ether

Le than 15 .'M. ........ I I~ .Ina. < 30 .tna. .......... 2 2 30 Illna. < 45 .1 ... .......... 3 3 45 .,na. < I hour 4 4 I hour < Ii houro ....... 5 5 Ii houro < 2 hou ... ......... 6 6 2 _co < 3 hour. .......... 7 7 3 houre < 4 hour. ...... 8 8 4 hour. or .or. (.p.olfy) 9 9

bl And '- long did tho whol. vlalt take fl'Cll the tI .... you I.ft holM or work untU the tl .. you got back? COIlE A~)vE.

a' How long did you uouallY ha .. to walt there ...,.., you w.re not being a88n by anyone?

L ... than 5 mlns 5 min.. < 10 mine 10 .'n&. < I~ .In. 15 .Ina. < 3CI .lna 30 .1,.. < ~ lline.

2 3

.e .lna. I hour

4 ......... 5

< I hOur 6 < Ii hour 7

Ii hour. < 2 houra 8 2 houra < 3 hour. 9 3 hour. or longer (opoclfyl 0

b) 00 you t.htnk till. waa reaao .. ble or not.? Reeaonabl I Not. r.aaonab I. .... 2 Other apeo I fy

18. Old you go every t, you were meant t.o? Yea 0

No 9 Uncerta In 8

IF NJ (9' a' How .any ti_ did you .I .. ? _ b' .... y w .. that?

4-

19. lTf1at. about. i~ "dtaal and nJratng oare you we,.. given there - would you daaorlbe that sal

GROll' A In wha t way?

Very good _ .....

Fairly good 2 Not t.oo good ......... 3 (Othor - opacify'

20. Would you doocrlbe tho way they tro.ted you ,=...! person UI Very good ........... 5

Fairly good 6 Not too good 1 (Other - opaolfy'

GROll' 8 In what way?

21. Were they very good, fairly good or not too good

about oxplalnlng thlngo to you?

GROUP C I n what way?

Very good Fairly good 2 Not too good 3 (Othor - opacify'

22. Old you '0.1 you w.re abl. to dlocu .. tho thing. )'Ou wanted to with t .... fully or not?

23.

24.

25.

Vea 5 No 6 Other - opoo I fy

GROll' 0 I n what way?

Old you gat .oat of your oare th.,.. fro. 0 .... or two peopl. that you got to know or did you tend to aae different people .ach t1ll .. .,

One or two Different people each tl ..... 2 Other opoolfy

GROll' E How did you fo.1 about that?

Old you haw al\)' (othor' probl_ .bout going tor ante-natal oare, auGh sa: V .. No

the ollnlo. being at awkward tI .. e. I 0 OMIT 'F FIRST BABY cr It being

difficult to arrange about your othor chlld( ... n' 2 0

or anything 0100 - op.olfy 3 0

10 thoro anything al you'd Ilk. to y about the ant.e-natal car. you got the,..?

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Old you go to any p ... per.tlon 01 ..... for ""lldbl MIl or tOOthorer.ft? V .... 9

No 0

IF YES .1 Old thoy oowrl V ... No P ... par.tlon for birth ,.,theroraft.

I 0 2 0

.nfthlng .1 - op.olfy o

b) Would you y tIwy w .... :

v.~ helpful 4 Fairly helpful 5 Not. very helpful 6 (Olhor .peolfyl

GRO'..P F In .... t w.y?

0) Were there any classes that husbanda ooul d a"t.t.end? v

No 2 IF YES (I) Old you ... go? Yae 3

No 4 IF NO (4) \II .. that booau .. :

H. didn't went to 5 They were at

ewkward tl~ 6 Or .... t?

I F PI) Were there any a lusas you ODU I d have gone to If you had wanted~? Yea 4

No 5 Donlt know 6

IF YES ...,y dIdn't you go?

IF NJ OR DON'T KNJ\tI \IIou I d you h."" II ked to haw bee" able to go to ."y 01 ..... I Ike that? Ve 7

No 8 Uncertain 9

'0. Before tn. baby was born had you t any or tn taff VItIo looked after you wring your aotual labour and delivery? Y .... I

No 2

IF YES Who did you ot? MldWlf 3 G.P 4 Itoop I tel dootor 5 Othor (apeolfy)

IF NJ Would you ho IIk.d to? Y 6 No~ didn't .Ind 7

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29.

Would you uy you hodl-A very ... y pregnancy fairly .88Y pregnanoy 2 A rather dlffloult pregnan~ 3 A vary difficult prognanoy 4 (Other opoolfy)

Durlrc;J yo ... pregnancy did you he .. any prob'l_

wlth:-Bolhorod

V .. No _t F.ellng alok I 0 I Wero you aotu.lly .Iok? ..... 2 0 2 G.lnlng too .uch weight ..... 3 0 3 High blood pre.aun

or toxn .. la 4 0 4 Headache. ................. 5 0 5 Nerve. or depre lon 6 0 6 Swollen ankl ................ 7 0 7 Undue tlredneaa 8 0 8 Vogln.1 bleedIng 9 0 9 Vaginal d1.Oharge 0 Backache ............ 2 0 2 Troubl. olooplng .......... 3 0 3 Troubl. wi th your water

or kIdney. 4 0 4 Th. boby not growl ng

feat enough 5 0 5 Varlooae velnt 6 0 6 Constipation 7 0 7 Piles 8 0 8 Laak of aexual f.ellng 9 0 9 Painful or unoo.fortable

Intercourse 0 Indlge.t1on or heartburn .... 2 0 2 ~thlng .1 (op.clfy)

IF NJRE THl.N 01 10111"" ona thing would you _t r.th.r~t hove hod? WDE AIICM.

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30. Old you heve tq go Into heapltal .. on I "Po !.Iont at 01\)' a tag. dur I ng your pregnanay1

Yee 9 No 0

bl At ""at ata90 In tho p .. gnancy were you In hoapltal?

Ft ret thr .. .anthl. I Second thre. MIntha 2 Th I rd (three I ""nthe 3

01 IbI lang wera you In hoapltal for altogether - before you had the baby?

L.a. than I week 0 I week < 2 we.~ . I 2 weelea < :5 .Hb 2 3 weeka < I IIOnth 3 I .,nth < :5 .ontha 4 3 IIOnUw or longer 5

IF ISS THAN A \lEEK IbI mOl\)' dmy.? __ _

dl So wero you In hoopltal up until you had the baby? Yea 6

No ... 7

IF YES ANl IN HOSPITAL lORE THAN ONCE Haw lang were you In hoopltal

thet J .. t. tI_ before you had the baby?

L ... than I week I I week or ~re 2

IF ISS THAN A IoEEK Haw .ony daya1 __ _

.) W1at w .. the trouble?

31. Old you have 011'/ .... rrl .. or o""lotl .. ...,110 you w.re pregnant - about tho baby or about having tho baby? Y .... 9

No 0 IF YES (91 01 Wa .. you worried about the baby

or about hev I ng the baby - or both - or ""at?

1he baby Hoving tho baby 2 80~ 3 Oittor .paolfy

bl Wa .. you ...... I.d about .I\)'thlng In portloular? lIhat? No 0

01 Con you aoy ""y you ..... ..,rrl.d (about thatl? 1Ihy?

dl Old you die .... thlal_ wi til a doctor, .IOtlf., nUN. or eaoJe' work.r or anyone Ilk. thet at ell? V ....

No , 2 IF YES( II II 1I>o?

G.P ~. :5 Dooter at hoaplta. , NurseI.ldwlf 5 Soolal worker 6 Other apeolfy

III liNt did he/aha .ay?

1111 So would you aay hal aha weal ~ry helpful 7 Fairly helpful 8 Not very holpful 9 (Other 'paolfyl

I F I'll 121 lIhy not?

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32. DI.regardlng "'at you know .- and looking be .. 10 tho ~I ... beforo you w.nt InlO lobo ... (thl. lo.t tl ) - at thot tiM did you fo.1 you k_ nough about ..,.t \0 oxpeat ar'dld you foal you would like 10 _ ..... ar did you f .. 1 you _Id

rathor not know whot 1D ""1'00" F.lt knew enough Fait _Id Ilk. 10 know .. ra _. 2 Rather not know 3 (Othor .p .. lf~)

IF (2) \het oart af thing did ~ou f 1 unoerteln abaut?

33. And looking boak now I. thera anything you wloh

34.

35.

36.

you had beln to 1 d or warned about want InlO labour?

b8fo~ you

IF VES (4) \hat?

V .... 4 No 5

IF NJ (5) I. that beoo .. e you raalload _t 1\ would b. like ar beoo ... you think n'. beU.r not \0 know?

Rlelt.ed 6 Better not "to know 7

IF NJT FIRST BIRTH SKIP TO Q.37. Baforo you had tIIo beby wh .... dl d you get _t of your ldeu tl'"Ql about. .,at the aotual prooaa. would be like? .... t

h.lpful Dlacue.lan with poopl. ........ I Boob, ,..,.papere, .agadn 2 2 Clea, ......................... 3 3 FillY 4 4 T.V 5 5 Radio 6 5

Other .poal ty 7

Hed you dlo_ .. d It wi tII.- V .. No Your .ather I 0 I Your husband 2 0 2 Other relat.lvee 3 0 3 Frlonda ar nalghbouro 4 0 4 G.p. . ................ 5 Q 5 Dootor a~ hoepltal 6 0 6 Nur or .1~lfa 7 0 7 Haalth vt.ltor B 0 B Anyon. 01 (ap.alty) 0 9

Looking baok now - ...., or what w .. _t holpful? DOllE ABOVE AT Q .34 ar Q.33.

~. H.d you OIly portl .. lar raeoon far wanting UIa boby \0 arrl ... at perU .. lor U .. ar befare oertal ft ,I .. , V ....

No 2 IF YES (II \hat?

38. OMIT IF STIUBIRTH. lIould you rath.r tho beby had arrIved III bit. .... Uar, a bit. htar. or wh_ he/aha did? Rathar rll.r I

Rathar later 2 When did 3 QUlar ap.alf),

If I a~ 2. \h)' 10 that?

39. Can I recap, when the baby waa bom, how .any 'II.aka pragnent were you? Mother'. Caloulet-ton

.. tl.ato QI & Q6 ..... Ulan 36 ... ka lopoalf)')_

36 I 37 ....................... 2 2 38 ...................... S 3 39 ...................... 4 4 40 ........................ 5 5 41 ......................... 6 6 42 . ...................... 7 7 43 ....................... B B 44 9 9 43 or .ara I.p.alry) - -IF ANY DISCRePANCY - Aooording 10 .y

ooloula\lon It w .. ____ ... ka. How

do you ..... on It w .. ~,"",_~ __ ka? OODE REASON FOR OISCREPANCY

w ... takan r ..... oonaeptlon Dootor' ... tl.ete 2 Irregular perloda 3

Period during pregnanoy 4 Nlo .. d porlod befare pregnancy 5

MI.oaloulatlon , Other (.paalfy)

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40. At. any etag. of your pregnanc)' did you have any discussion wl1h a doctor, r.n .... or ,,1ct.ttfe about

Induot.lon - U1at'e atartl"g the labour bafor. It hepp_ on I ta own? Vee 9

No 0 IF YES al _ did you talk to about. It?

Dootor at hospital General praotltloner 2 Nur.e or .tdwl, 4 Other prof ... lo",,1 .peclfy

bl _ flr.t ral d the qUNtlon - you or the dootor/nur ? Mothe ............ 5

Prof ... lonal 6 Other spoclfy

IF NO (01 Would you ha .... Ilkod to talk about It wi th ao.80.,.' Y.. I

No 2

41, Boforo you had \he baby did you have any f.otlng. about Inductlcn? lotI.t?

42. So In ganel"l!l were you In favour of It, against It or did you hay Ixed feallng. or no YI~.?

In favour Agalnat 2 Mixed feelings 3 No view 4 Other spoclfy

IF I, 2 cr 3 .1 Could you .ay why?

bl I. that ba d on: Y Na Personal .~erl.na. .... 6 0 Other wasen'. experience 7 0 T.V. or redia progrea. .. B 0 Saoothlng you'v. read 9 D

or "'ot1

cl Old you de .nythlng to try ond arrange that. you would or would net h ..... an I nciJction1

Yee to have one ~ Yee - t.o ~ hava one 6 No 7

IF 5 or 6 lotI.t did you de?

43. At any otago of your prognanoy did you h ...... ny dl.cua. ton wIth a doctor. nure. or .1 dwt fa about. aptdurala - that 1. a spinal anaaathetlo, or about. any .ort of p.ln relief ciJrll1\l I.bour?

IF YES .1 _ did you talk to .bout. It?

Va 9 No 0

Doctor at. hoapltal General practItioner 2 Nur.e or .Idwlfe 4 Other prof ... lo ... 1 opacify

b) Who first ral.ad tile CfJMtlorr - you or the doctor/nuNs? Mother 5

Profe ... lona I 6 Other opacify

01 Old you dlooueo any particular type cf pain rollef1 IotIot?

No particular type mentioned 0 Epidural, aplnsl InJeotlon I Other Injection 2 Sootothll1\l to Irh.lo (9" and alrl 4 Othor apeclfy

IF NO (01 Would you h.vo IIkod to talk about I~ wi th 80111801W1 Yea I

No 2 IF YES (Il lotIy didn't ycu?

438. Old you have any vi .... about want.l ng or not. wonting any typo of pain roll.n ...,.t?

Epidural wanted " not wanted 2

Something slsa apaolflo wanted 1 3 " ft not wanted 4

Wantad aomethlng - unspecified 5 Old not want anything 6 No view 7 Other speolfy 8

IF 3 or 4 1otIot?

IF HAD VIEWS (1-6, Bl Why did you fo.1 that?

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- ~ -44. DurIng your prognenoy dId 0 dootor ougg .. t that you ~. Bofor. you -.1. Into hospItal had.

~uld have a ea..arlan operation? V I Your watera broken: V ........... . No 2

IF YES 0) lt1y was thoU

b) How .any .... ka pregnant war. you ..nen that was auggootod?

45. Old you aotually ha ... a ea .. arian operation -~ ,you went Into labour? Vea 3

No 4 IF YES .) Aft) t() DISO.JSSION BEFOREHAND lt1y ...

th.U

b) QiEQ( 50 you .ont. Into hospItal !l!!2.!:! )'Our water. broke or your oontraotlona _'Wried or you had a ahew? V ...... 8

No 9 1Ft() 00 B.Q( AND SORT OUT.

46. And .... 1'9 .as tho boby baNl'-In NHS hoapltal/.eternlty ha.e I In private nurelng home 2 At ho ................................. 3 Other (opoolfy)

CHEQ( Wore you 0 prlvote or ftotS potl.nt? Prlvote -(Old you poy for tho dootor) 5 N.H.S 6

IF BABY BORN IN tlSPITAL .to. Wo .. you In 0 dlfferont hoopltal or nur.lng _0 at .ny otogo of your labour?

IF YES (7) al lt1y wo .. you IOOv.d?

v .... 1 No 8

b) \II1at wee the ..... e 01 t-h. hoeplt.al/ nura t ng h0ll8 wh.... you we ... Initially?

47.. W.. the baby born I n the pi aoe tha t waa arNngad? CHECK IottETIR SAME tlSP ITAL oto. AS ARI!~GED.

V , No, dIfferent 2

IF DIFFERENT lt1y woo thaU lt10t happ.nod? PROBE FOR FULL DErA I LS.

IF BABY BORN AT HOME OR IN BUS ETC. GO TO l ~H:aE::\=B=IR:~==~==:T:I:O~:::IRE::.::::::::::::::~===~ [iF" CAESARI~ BEFORE LABOUR STARTED SKIP TO Q.IOO I

No 0 Unoe,.t,a In 2

Your oonveatlo .. atarted, v ........... S No 0 lkloertaln 6

or Had you had a .hCIw(dlaoharg.) V ........... 9 No 0 Unoe,.1.aln 1

49. W .. thoro onythlng that happened to you or that you dId bofore you wont Into 10_ that you thougltt .Ight hove helpod to bring It on? - I don't on anything \.hat the doow,.. or ,.,...e. did !!l:!t you w.,.. ea.t tted. Ve

No 2 IF YES .... t?

50. 50 did you 90 Into labour of your own aooord or did the dootor. or ...,,.. em anything at a'i to help ~ the labour' Went Irna labour on Q1tn

Induoed 2 IF ON I10N Can I Just chock thot they did ",t do

al1)' 01 th... th I nga ~ your \er. broke or the aontreotloM atart.d,-

IF I NlUCEO ~ ,our wateN broke or th. oont.raotlo,," .tarted dl d thoy'-

Y .. No

Break .esbranea . I 0 Give you a drip to help 2 0

an InJ.otlon ~ 3 0 dlalno or hbl.te) labour 4 0

(Other - .poolfy)

IF DRIP, INJECnON, IEDICINE .) Do you k_ .... t woo In It?

bl 00 you think It .Ight have b.en,-Yoo No D.1t.

Blood ........................ lOS Oextroe. or aallne 2 0 6 O.ytooln ar a Plt-drlp 3 0 7 Proataglandlna 4 0 B or .... U opoelfy

51. I NTERVI EWERS ASSESSIENT. Labour Induced by druga only

" by broken ... branee only 2 ~ bath ........................ 3

Labour not Induced 0 Uncertain If labour tnduoed 9

N.B. IF JUST GI VEN ENEMA OR CASTDR OIL 00 !!!!. COUNT AS I NOUCEI.

IF I.ABOlJl t()T INIllCED (0) SKIP TO Q.57.

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52. 'ItIat l"'''Onl, If any, did the dootor give why you should be Inducad? No "'uo,. given 0

53. So do you thl'" you we,.. hlduood beoe .... :-Vea No Uncertain

You wanted It I 0 I You ware overdue 2 0

Vou had hili! blood p .... ure 3 0 They though~ the baby w ..

gatting too big 4 0 Thay Wire wol"'l"'lad about.

the baby................. 5 0 Vou had rheeue neg.~lye blood 6 0 You had a long Jou .... y W

hoepttal o th. baby .Igh~ oo~e on H.

awn too quickly tor you to gat to hoapi tal 2 0

50 that the baby wou I d be

2 3

4

5 6

2

born et a oonwnlent. t.1.e 3 0 :5 50 you oould ha .. an epidural 4 0 4 Were the MIl any other l"'euoM?

Spaolfy:

IF O~ROUE [2) How o""rduo wera you rad

2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15

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58. Old the dooto ... or ........ do a!\)'thing ot all

~ your labour had at.arted - to t.ry to hun")' It. up? VM

No 2 Unoertaln 3

IF YES OR lfiCfRTAIN

oj \hot did they do?

ea .. arlen 4 Broke ... branee ~ Gave drip 6 Gave I~J.o~lon 7 Gave .. dlaln. or tablets 8 Enana 9

Other epool'y

IF DRIP, INJECTION OR TABLETS (6,7 or 81 II 00 you know what w .. In It?

III 00 you think It .Ight ha .. been.-Vas No O.K.

Blood ~ 0 5 Oextroa. or Sa I 'ne .... 2 0 6 Oxytocin or , Pit. drip 3 0 7 Proe tag landl no ........ 4 0 8

b) What reaaon., If any, did they give for hurrying It up? No reeaona given 0

01 So do you think It w .. booa_. V No Unoertaln

They were worried about the baby............... 0 5

You were 9.t\.I"9 very tired 2 0 6 So that the baby would bo

born at. a oonvenl.nt. 'LI .. 4 0 7 or Was there any (0 the,.) reuon

IF (X)N\IENIENT (4 or 71 (II Could you .. y 0

bit. 1101". about the t?

(III So would you ooy It w .. convenient. for you, the people at. the ho.patal or both? Moth ....... .

Hoaplt.al 2 Both 3

S9. During your labour wre you gl..,en anything at. all to roll ... tho pain botore tho octual

60.

61.

dollyery (Co .. arlonl? Y .... I No 0

IF NO 01 Waul d you ho .. liked to ho .. -. gl_ &OII&thlng? Y .... 2

No 3

bl SKIP TO Q.64.

Old you ho ... - Y .. Ho An epidural or eplnal aMeathet.la I 0 Another type of InJect.lan 2 0 Sa.ethlng to Inhale 3 0 Tablet. 4 0 Other - opool'y 0

IF 2, 3 or 400 you know what It woo? Whet? Oo"lt know g

Pethld.n. 6

IF I NHALANT(S I Old you ho .. ony pl'Obl_ "'th It? \hot? Ho 0

IF GIVEN IoIlRE THAN ONE TYPE oj which wero you glYen flrot? Noet

Flrot Epldurol or oplnal I

helpful

I Other InJect.lon 2 2 &.t.hlng to Inhale 3 3 Tablets 4 Other Equal

bl ""'ch did you rind _t halp'ul? CODE AIDVE.

00 you , .. 1 you wera !!!! given oa.athlng ot the rIght. tl , or would you rather you1d bean gl..,en It 800Mr or later or not. at. all?

At. right t.t ......... . Rather eooner 2

latar 3 not at all 4

Other .peolfy

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62. Do you think you wo .... gl""" onough (of tI10 dlff ..... nt th Inga) or -.Id you haw lIIeed.ore or were you glyen too .uGh?

Given enough 'of all) Liked more (of all) 2 Given ~ much or did not want

any (01 all) 3 Enough of one. liked ..ore of othera 4-

" n - ~ .uch of other. 5 L I ked IftOre of 0 ..... 9 I..,." too "uGh

of other .............................. 6 Othor opeolfy

IF 4, ,5 or 6 \It11ch on.1 Liked Too

Enough .oro .uoh

Epldural/opl",,1 ....... 2 3 Other Injection ....... 4 5 6 Inhalant 7 8 9 Tablets 0 4 Other 2 7 0

620) Old you find whot you wore glvon hoi pod the patna:- lot

Iitti 2

Not at .11 3 (MIxed .ffeat) 4

IF MIXEO 1Ih1,*, helpod IS lot .. a IIUI., not at all? Lot Llttla Not

Epldural/oplnal ....... I 2 3 Other InJeotion ....... 4 5 6 Inhalant 7 8 g

Tableta 0 I 4

Other 2 7 0

63. On balance are you glad you had what you did or would you rather you'd had nothing at all or so.e other aort of pain rallever:

Glad had what did Rather nothing 2 Rather aa.ethlng elae 3 Glad ona. rather not othar 4

(Other apaolfy)

I 64. Can I oh.oIc. - wera you attaahed to a11Y .. ohlna or a drIp cUring your labour? Vea 8

,., 0

IF YES a) ...,1,*" ....ahlne ... I DrIp 2 Both 3

b) _ did you f.al about that?

Oldn't .and 4

0) So would you rather have baen able to mOve around .ore freely or dl d1' t you .Ind? Prefer t.o .ave 5

Oldn't .lnd 6

d) Do you know what I tlthay wa .. for' ihat.? Don't know 9

CODE Meaaura contractlone I ALL Speed or Induce labour 2 THAT Monitor baby'_ heart 3 AI't'LY Othar opaolfy

65. OIoIIT IF SAIO llAom WAS IlNITORING BABY'S HEART OR IF SAIO FOETUS KNlIrtl TO 8E OEAO. 00 you know If they were attacking the baby'. heart at all whll. you wa ... In labour?

Don't know 9 Yea - thay ........ I

No - were not 2

IF YES (I) How did they do thl.? Stethosoopa 3

Maahlne 4

Horn or trumpet Othor (opacify)

... 5 Don't know 6

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,,-06. lid like to uk you aOite queatlo ... about the

time tho different thlngo happoned: 01 loI1.n did you flrot otart havll"ll lobour

oontraoUono? lOMIT 'PRACTICE' CONTRACTIONS I

oay_~=_~=~=_ TI ____ _ USE 24 HOL!l ClOCK Cen't ooy 9

bl And whon wa. It that you went Into hoapltal?

OOy _________ Tlmo, ___ _

01 And when did you ltart pUlhlng down lor were gl .... n an aMeathetia lind bea_ unoo ... olou.} OOy _________ TI .. __ _

Cen't. asy 9

dl And '*>on woo \he baby born?

oay, _________ Tlmo ___ _

67. For how long, If st all, during your labour would you aay you had bad pain:

68.

Not. at all 0 L .. a than 15 m(na I 15 .1 .... < 30 .IM. ....... 2 30 .1 ne. < 45 tIIIM ....... 3 45 .Ina. < 60 .. 1,... ....... 4 I hr. < 2 hr.. ......... ~ 2 hr < 3 hra. ......... 6 3 hrs. < 4 hr.. ......... 7 4 hra. < 6 hra. . ........ a 6 hra. or longer 9

During your labour did you have any warrl .. or a""I.U .. ? Y

No 2 IF YES III a) loI1at .oro they?

bl Old you talk to anyone lbout

IF YES l31 II 1oI10?

Y ..... 3 No 4

Husband 5 Dootor 6 Nurse or .Idwlf 7 Other patient 8 Other."poolfy

III 50 would you oay they ware:-V.ry helpful S Fairly helpful 6 Not vory helpful 7

(Other apoolfyl

IF NO (41 loI1y not?

69. Waa your hUibond with you In hocpltal dur11"11

tho flrat Itago of your labo .... boforo you atartad _hll"ll downl

All the tl ........... . So.e of the tiM 2 Vlaltln; hour. only 3 Not et ell 0

70. Wu he there:- V .. No S 7

a) during the aeoond atage 4 b) at the aotual btrtin 6

71. How did you fool lbolA thl.?

IF HUSBAlll THERE AT AlL 50 wo .. you gl.d he wee the,.. or would you rather held not been there - or not u'llre at oartal" atagea?

Glad there Rather not there 2 Rather not theN et t.1 ......... 3

IF 2 or 3 loI1y woo that?

72. 50 would you have liked hi. 10 bo _ro (for .ore of t.,. tl.e - or we. he wIth you fl"O. beginning to end)?

Y .. would have liked hi. (.ore) ~ No 6 The,.. fro. beginning to and 7

IF YES Do you think tho hoapltal would have

agreed to that? v ......... . No 2 Uncertain 3

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73. IboI do you think your h .. bond ,.1\ obout I\?

74. OMIT IF HU58ANl THERE FROM BEGlhfilNG TO END. So do you think he .. ould h ... liked \0 bl with you (for .orl at thl tI.8)?

v . No 2 Hueband uncertain 3

Wlr. doean1t know 4 O_r .plolfy

75. OMIT IF HU58ANl 'IlT IHERE AT ALL. So do you think he we. glad to be with you?

76.

77.

Yea .................. 5 ~Jo 6 Huaband una.rtatn 7 Wlf. doe.n'1. know e Other .peolfy

DurIng your labour, whll. you were In ho.pHol. did you ~ you oould glt In touch with a dootor or I'IJ,raa If you ",anted 0 .. at any tl or not? V

No ... 2 In practIce dId you heve any dlffloul\y geUlng In \Ouoh wIth than? V .. 3

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84. CoaIB'l on to the aot.ue.1 delivery, we ... any lnat ... onto ... d to help tho baby out?

Yea ......... . tC 2 Donl t know 9

GRlll' A How did you f ... 1 a_ lIIat?

IF YES Do you know ";'y lIIat w .. no_.ar')'?

\hy? Don't know 9

85. Do you know If tho baby 00 ... out hoad flr.t, or

was It a bre.C:l, or "'at? Doni t know 9 Head flret I Breech 2 Olllor .poolfy

86. Old thoy 91 you 0l\Y9.n before tho baby w .. born to holp III. baby? Yea

No ........... 2 Doni t know 9

87. For the delivery wer' you put to .llep or glvln ~ (oxtral 1111"" to holp the pain? Y .... 9

P*l 0 IF YES al \h.t? Put to .Jeep

InJeotlon 2 bathing to Imal' :5 Tableta or aadlaln 4 Other splalfy

IF tl

bl Old It work: co.pletely 6 Partially 7 Not at ,II ..... 8

0) On Delanoe Ire you glad you had w .... to

you did or would you rather you1d had nothing at all or 10118 oU.r rol"ll of pain reliever then?

Would you h ... .... thlng?

Glad had what. did

Rather nothing 2 Rather eo.,thlng .1 3

liked to have been given V ...... No 5

Ell. Old th.y out you at all? Y .... 3 ret 4

~uP B How did you fa.1 about that?

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89. \ho ootually dell __ baby - w .. It

doctor or a nura.' Dootor Mldwlfe/Nurae 2 Other (apeolfyl

IF DOCllR (R NlJlSEI\IIIJoIIFE Do you k_ If 1II0y .ro .tudento or fully ",allfrod?

Stud.nta 3 Fully qualified ...... Don't know 9

90. And \Oho 01 .. w .. pro.ont at the birth? (PROFESSIONAlS). Doctor 5

Nurael.ldwlf 6 .... dlcel .t.udent.e 7 Oth ..... - unld.ni.lfl.d 8 Oilier. - opacify

91. OMIT IF DOCTOR tlT PRESENT. W .. tho oonaultant or g .. eral praothlonar, the dootor In ohargo t1f you, lIIero at the t I.. the baby w .. born? YH

No 2 Doni t know 3

92. Would you ha .. IIk.d .nyone .1 to be III .... ? V .... I

IF YES \ho? No 2

93. Would you h .... praf.rred faw.r poopl. thore? V .... 3 No ... ..

IF STILL BIRlH OR BASY DEAD SKIP TO 9.91,

94. Could you ducrlba your f .. llng t the ti_ the baby waa bom'

95. Old _y do any1hlng .fter tho baby w .. born to help hl""'or to .tart broethlrw1

V ........... .. ND 5 Don't knew 9

2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15

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96. Old you ~ tho ba~ atralght the .fter bIrth we. delIvered?

away - before

Yea 3 fb 4

How did you foal about that?

IF YES (3) Were you abla to hold hl""".r ee lo~ aa you wanted - or dId they take hl./her earlier or leave him! her with you longer tJ1an you wanted?

IF NO ( 4)

AI long sa wantad 5 Took baby away too soon 6 Left baby too Oth.r ap.olfy

long .......... . 7

or roo SOON (6) Ho" long waa It before you were able to: a) s hlnv'her again?

5 Hold Thera all tl a Within 5 minute I I 5 _1M. < 10 ~Ins. 2 2 10 ~Ino. < 20 ~111G. 3 3 20 llina. < 30 _Ins. 4 4 30 .Ina. < I hour 5 5 No. of houra-epaclfy ___

b) hold hlnV'her? ODDE ABOVE

0) \I11y "eo that?

97. How long wes there between t.he delivery of the baby and the delivery of the after birth?

Don1t know 9 L ... than ~ .Ins

5.lns. < 10 .Ins 2 10 .Ina. < I~ IIIna. 3 15 III,.... < 30 .ine. 4 30 .lrA. < I hour 5 I hour .. 6

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98. Old you ha .. to have any atltohoo? Yeo 9 No 0

IF YES a) How long weo It belwoon tho aftar birth DOMing away and when the

.tltohea ... e ... put In? Lea. than 15 .In. 15 .1.,.. < 30 .Ine. ....... 2 30 .1 .... < 45 .Ina. 4 3 45 .1 r.. < 60 .Ina. ..... 4 I hr. < It hro. . ......... 5 If hI'S. < 2 hr . .......... 6 2. hrs. < 3 hr. 7 3 hrs. or longer 8

b) How dId you ro., about that?

0) Old they give you anything ~o help

the pain "hen they put the .tltahes In - or was the pain ""lief for tho dall""ry atlll working - or what?

Patn rell.f for delivery Extra patn relief 2 Neither 3

99. looking baok .- do you oonoldor your labour "'ael- pleaeureble experlenoe (OMIT

FOR STILL BIRTH) Rather u~l.uant. but ."cUrable 2 A nlghtNare 3 (Other - apaolfy)

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS

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hoep I te I ? Leu than 2 day. ., 2 dey. < 3 day. 2 3 day. < 4 days 3 4 dayo < 5 days 5 days < 6 days 6 day ... 7 days

4 ................. ..........

5 6

7 days < 8 days ~ 1 8 days < 9 days 8 9 days < 10 day 9 10 daya 0

I0I0,,,, !.han 10 days - opeolfy IF I()RE THAN 10 OA"IS - \hy w .. that?

101. Would you have preferred to 00.8 out earlier or to etay longar or do you th1nk It wu about right? Rather DOme out earlier

Stay longer 2 About rIght 3

IF I or 2 Why I. that?

102. OMIT IF STILLBIRTIi OR BABY KNOWN to HAVE DIED. Old the baby 0000 hoeo at tho .amo tIme .. you dId or dId h.r .... atay In longor?

S .. a time 4 Steyed longor - .tlll In ........ 5 Stay.d longer - now home 6

IF 5 or 6 loI1y w .. that?

103. How ouch did tho baby wolgh _n h%ho w .. bom? lAo. thon 5 I.,.. (.poalfyl

IQ;. w .. the ~ tn a apeolal or 1 nt.ena 1.,. oa ... unit at all?

IF YES al _ long for?

Yu 8

No ... 9 lAo. thon day ... 0 I dey < 2 dey. ... 1 2 deys < 3 days ... 2 3 days < 4 dayo ... 3 4 daya < .5 day. 4 5 day. < 6 daya .5 6 day. < 7 deyo 6 7 days +(apoalfyl_

bJ Why wee that? Foroep. eaasarlsn 2 Jeundlae 3 Underweight 4 Predature 5 Sr.eon 6 Other .poalf)'

106. Woo hoI.ho In an lnaubator ot oil? Yea 8 No 9

IF YES AND !!l! IN SPECIAL CARE UNIT Iitly waa that? Foroepa

C. .. arlen 2 JaundlOi 3 underweight 4 Predature ~ Breech 5

Othor 'poalfy

107. So whllo you wo .. In hoopltal (for tho ,Iro\ tooo days after h.r_ woo boml woo the bob)'l

(In .pealal unit all tl.eJ 0 With you all the tt .................. I

" during the day 2 ju.t far f .. de 3

In nuraery all ~I 4 Other (apoalfyl

N.B. IF 01 FFERENT ARRANGEIENTS ON TWO DAYS COOE BOTIi.

IF IN II.RSERY OR SPECIAL UNIT We .. you ablo

to go and ... your baby tho.. during tho

ttret two daya? Y .... 6 No 7

5 lba. < 52 lba 51 Ibe. < 6 Ibl 2 6 lb.. < 6i lb 3 6i lbe. < 7 abe 4 7 Ib~. < 11 lba 5 7~ lbe. < S lbe 6 8 lb.. < 81 lb 7 Bi lbe. < 9 IbB 8 9 lba. < 9~ lbe 9 9; 101. Or Dare 0

lOB. So durIng thooo two days ,!"uld you oay you

104. IF STILLBIRTH OR BABY DIED AFTER BIRTH al Do you k_ why the beby dlodlw ... \1 II born?

\hy?

bl IF BABY DIED AFTER BIRTIi How lang dId hol.he live?

al SKIP TO Q.124.

.IIW; Aa .uGh of your baby u you wanted to ;

or Too little 2 ar Would you rothor have not ..... hi';

hor (or had hlolhor with youl

eo .uch 3

IF (II WO .. the .. any o .... lono _ you would rathor not have hod hlo/hor wl\h you ...... you dId?

IF YES (4) \hen woo tho\?

Y .......

No .5

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IF ON-V STAYED IN HOSPITAL 2 DAYS OR LESS (OOOE I OR 2 AT Q.IOO) SKIP TO Q.III.

109. Were Ute ... 81'1)' dlfrarant. .,....ang ... nta th. baby ball1il with you lator on?

about Ve 9 .., .... 0

IF YES ..... t?

Baby with .other all the tlll'lQ

during day 2 Just for f .. cIa 3

In nur ry all the \1.8 4 Oth.r (ap.olfy)

110. So after the fl~t two day. ~tl. you wore In hoapltal would you aey you saw:-

As .ud1. of the baby aa you wanted to ...... or Too little 2 or Would you re.thar have not 8a8n hlrn/her

(or hod hlN'har \II Itt! you) .0 mum 3

IF (I) We,... thll"Q any oaoulons when you would rather not have had ht~.r wIth you when you did?

IF YES (4) loft1.n w .. that?

Ye 4 No 5

III. Old the baby ha .. o~ partloular probl .. a v.. No Jaundloa 0 8e1ng pr.eture 2 0

or Any abnono.lltl.. 3 0

IF YES (I or 3) a) Could you toll ... about

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b) 00 you think there we. any partioular r88&on or aause? '411.\1

112. Sefo,.. you had the baby we. there any dtaoua.lon, or were you given 8~ help or preparation about f .. dlng the baby? V ....

No 2 IF YES (J) 01 d they Juat .. k whither you

wanted to breast or bot.tle f.ed or did they discuss etther or both of thaa. with you?

Aaked which wanted ~ Ot.cua d brea_t fe.dlng 2

II batt-I. feeding 3 both 4

IF BREAST (2 or 4) Old they oU99 .. t you do anything In propor.~lon for thoU

IF YES ..... t?

v 5 No 6

113. And before you hod tha baby did you think you would try to braoot food hlalhor at flr.t or not? Ye. - braut. feed

No 2 Uncertain 3

And did you try to b .... t f d tho baby at all? V 4

No 5 IF DIFFERENT FROM INTENTIONS .... y woo that?

IF YES How lorog dl d you bro .. t foed hi alher? a) .ntlr.ly b) partially

tt.t at _II 0 0 La_ than 3 daya , I 3d_ya

1

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2 3

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4 6 7 8 9 10 " 12 13 14 15

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114. Would you say the ruraea:-FavouNd b ..... t f_Ing

Favoured bottl. feedIng ....... 2

or Nelther ......................... 3 (Oth.r 'poolfy)

IF NEITHER OR OTHER Old t.,.,y onoourago you to

do "" I otw .. r you wanted or dl dn' t they both.r at all .... lIy?

Enoouraged -"(ohaver wanted 4 D1dn't bother at all 5 Other .paolfy

115. How would you deaorlbe U. halp th. nurso. ga .... you OYAr feadl ng the baby? Were they:

Very helpful Fairly helpful 2

or Unh.lpful 3 (Othor opoolfy)

116. And what about tho dootors - how would you deaorlb. the help. If any. they gave you over foodlng the baby? lie ... thoy.

Very helpful Fairly helpful 2 Unhelpful 3

or dId they gl.e you no help 4

(Clt.hor opeolfy)

117. Ittll. you wore In hoapltal would you deaorlbo f.edlng the baby u a pl.uuN or a prebl .. or a bit of both? PI ... ur 4

Probl .............. 5 81t of both 6 Other apeolfy

GROUP C In what way?

118. And ""110 you w .... In hooplt.1 w .... you .blo to f.ed the baby whenever you wantld to or just at tlxld tt Or what?

Whenlver wantad Flx.d tl ... only 2 Other - apaolfy

IF I or 2 Old you Ilk. that arrang ... t or would you raU1er It had been

(THE OTHER WAY)?

Like way It woa 5 Pref.rred other 6 Other - epeo I fy

119. Ittll. you ware In ho.paal do you know If tho baby alept. wry wei I. all wall at night?

fairly Will or At

night

Don't know 9 Vlry will I Fairly will 2 Not at all well 3

not lit

Curing day

9

I

2 3

120. Ittat about durl ng tho day? COlE AIllVE.

121. And do you k_ If holah. orl'" 0 lot, an

aYerag' ..aunt or a IIUI. at night? At During

night day

Oon't know ........... 9 9 A lot _ 4 4 Averagl 5 5 A IItti. ................. , 6

121a) Ittat about during Iha day? CODE AIllVE.

122. _t about tho baby'o woluht ohango - do you know If that woa no .... 1 - or what?

123.

Oon1t know 9 No~1 O_r (opoolfy)

Old you .,., .. any (olhar) probl or

onxl.tl .. 'bout the baby .nd tho 00'" got whllo you wore In hoopltal?

IF YES IoNt? Al)Y!.hlng .Iao?

hoi .,.,

VI I No 0

124. Ittllo you ware In hoopltel did otMr pooplo'. babl .. disturb or Irritate you:

A lot A IItti 2 Not. lit 1111 3

1

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1\ ',1 I

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2 3 s 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS ... ""~, ,,'

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125. ~at ebout your lf - did you ..... any probla.a or ao.plloattona ~II. you ~.r. In hosplhl afur tho blMh/baby waa born.

IF YES ~at? Anything .I ?

V .... 8 t.b 9

126. Ourl~ that. tt would you .8.), )"01:-' wa ... :-Vary oo.-fortabl_ Fairly oo.fortabl 2

or Unoomfortabl 3

IF 2 or 3 In ""at way? ~y waa that?

121. OMIT IF NO STiTOIES _t about your att t.ohee, ~Id you aey that after they'd be.n put In \hey ...... d you.

A lot of pain or dlaoomfort 4 little pain or dlaoa.1ort 5

or No pain or dlaoo.1ort 6

128. Would you .ay that you alopt. V.ry ... 11 4 Fairly well 5

or Not wall 6

129. W.,.. you offered or glyen or did you uk for any pili. to help you .I p?

V , offered or gIven 7 V , .. ked for 8 No 0

IF YES, 7 or 8 Old you taka thao? Yaa

No 2

ISO. ,.,11. you w .... In ho.pltal dId you fNI weepy at all? V

No 2

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15

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131. Thinking nor.. about the Intorwation you were given. Would you have liked ~re Infon.atton about any of these thing. - or would you how liked Infonoatlon obout th_

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132. ~II. you wore In hoopltel w.re you 91ven any &dvloe or Info ... atlon 1I"0Il a dootor or raJra. which waa dIfferent. fro. .,at you had been to I d by amther dootor or nurse?

aarlter? wnat about: loIo.t Yea .. 7

No '" 8 v.. No t_p. Starting labour 0 I Prooe8S of labour .a.......... 2 eae.erlan operations 3 Induotlon 4 Epidural or .plnol ono .. th.tlo 5

Other fo,... of pal n re Itef '" 6 Th. puohlng or aaoond .togo.. 7 Actual dellye~ 8 Baing aut 9

Being stItched ~a after birth 2 Th oah I noa and gadgo to th.y

uae 3 The boby'. prog .... before

labour 4 (Th. baby'a progroaa during ( labour 5 (Th. baby'. progreoa around

OMIT ( delivery 6 FOR (The boby'. progra .. in fl ... t STILL ( two days 7 BIRlM (Th. b.by'a progr ... loter OR (on In hospital............. 8 BABV (Breest feeding the baby...... 9 DIED {Bot.tle II II II 1

(Looking atter the baby....... 2

Your own progreas aftar the beby was born . 3

Drying up the .Ilk 4 Getting rid of tho aUtohoo 5 Anything .1.. ~ot?

o o o o o o o o o o

o

o

o

o

o

o o o o

o o o

2 3 , 5 6

7 B 9

I 2

G

7

B 9

2

IF IIlRE THAN ONE - ~Ioh 2!!!. w .. _t I.portent to you - would you rather "va been told about .00 t? COOE ABOVE.

OBTAIN OETAILS AOOUT THE ONE (IClST IIf'ORTANTh

IF YES (7) 0) _t obout?

b) ~o told you thl.?

Two dOotor. ............ . Two nu,..";.J ct.lvu '" 2 Oootor and nuroel.lo.lf. 3 Oth.r - opeolfy

IF STiLLBIRlM OR BABY OlEO OR STILL IN HOSPITAL ,I. SKIP TO Q.I35.

133. ~on you flret got hOlt. dId you f 1 very 00011 dent, fol rly 00011 dent or not wry confident about looking after the baby?

Very oontldan\ FaIrly oonfldant. 2 Not very confidant 3 Other .p.olfy

134. Were there any 01 ..... arranged .,lle you were In hoopltol about cering for your

baby? Vee 4

No 5

IF YES (4) Old you ottend? Va 6 No 7

IF YES (6) Old you find _.

~ helpful Fairly holpful 2 Not wry holpful 3 (Oth.r - .peolty)

GROll' 0 In .... t way?

IF tl (5) or tl (71 Would you how IIk.d to go to .1 ..... Ilk. that?

V .... 4 ,., ... ~ 41

2 3 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS

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- - zr-135. \!hen you 'Irot got h .... did you hayo ony help

frotl: V .. No

Moat

h.lpful your husband ............... 0 I your .other 2 0 2 your .a~r-In-Iaw 3 0 3 .t-tar or .later-t~law 4 0 4 any other relative :I 0 S frlenda or neighbour 6 0 6 a local authority home help 7 0 7 a private no.. help a 0 a anyone el.e - .peclfy

IF IClRE THAN OlE - \tIo w .. _t halpful? OODE AOOVE.

IF HUSBAND HELPED AT ALL Woa thot Juat before

and aft.r he went to work or what? Before or after work only I Took holiday 2 Took tl~8 without pay 3 Glvon time off 4 Una-ployed 5 Other sp.olfy

136. Would you hovo liked ony (.oro) holp - or .ore skilled help - With anythIng? Ve 9

No 0 IF YES \tI.t with?

137. So would you aay you hed any pr~bl ... or dlfflouHleo wh.n you flret got hQ08 or

not? Yea - sa.. probl ...... No 2

140.

, 138. LIIIE BABIES. Sin .. you got h.,.. ""'" ha .. you l.alkod to .':Inly about having tho baby and about looking ofl.ar \he baby?

STiLLBIRlHS OR BABY DIED: Sinoo you got hoIIo

who have you talked to mainly about

No-one 0 Huaband I

Moa,t helpful

o I

Mother 2 2 Mother-l~law :5 3 Sister 01'" sister-In-law 4 4 Other relatlv 5 5 Frlenda or neighbours G 6 Health visitor 7 7 Nur.e or .tdwlfe 8 8 Dootor 9 9 Other speolfy

Anyo,. .... ?

IF IClRE THAN ONE OOOED - \t\o'yo you fourd

.oat helpful to talk w? OODE ABOVE.

139. Would you lIke to have talked to eoaMIIone/ .nyone .1 bout thl. (sort of thing)?

Ve No 2 l.,k,oerta In 3

IF YES OR UNCERTAIN Con you y what .ort of

a peraon - ~uld you prefer s friend, a relative or aa.eone like a doctor 01'" nurae?

FOR EAOi DIE SEEN

Friend Relative 2 Dootor 3 Nur 4 Ot.her - .paolfy

I F NOT SEEN Would you 0) Old they aa.e b) Old you fInd th .. : h.ve IIkod to

I 5 t noe )'Ot.:! got hOCM to ... you at; 0811 and .e. you? IF have you .eenl I -.1 YES I I. thO" .nyth-

S .... Vory Fairly ~Y. Ing ""r\lculor

help- holp- holp- you'd ha.vo Voo No Va. No ful ful ful V .. No IIk.d to 000

th_ obout.?

A general praotltloner I 0 5 0 6 7 B 2 3

A Midwife .............. 2 0 :I 0 6 7 8 4 S Health visitor 3 0 S 0 6 7 a 6 7

,

Anyo ... l.e Hko that 0

I :I 0 6 7 B e 9

op.olfy

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II 12 13 .

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14 15

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IF STILLBIRTHlBA8Y DIED DR STILL IN HOSPITAL SKIP TO Q.146.

141. SI .... you got _ haw you had oIlY probl_

wi th tho baby about:- Ewr Stili SI plng at night \ I crying 2 2 FeedIng or wind 3 3 Not gaining onough wolght 4 4 Gaining too ... oh weight ..... 5 5 Anything .Iao - .p.olfy 6

None of thea ... ... ......... 0 0 IF ANY PROBLEMS I. thot .UII a problao or

hu hI/.hI got ovor It now? CODE AOOVE.

142. Taking the last aeven night. - on how .any of U1o n ight.& he. the baby woken you or your husbond up?

Every night 7

IF ANY ""at U would that be?

6 5 4 3

2

o

Befor ld~19ht MIdnight - before 2 a._ 2 2 - before 4 a 3 4 a._. - befo,.. 6 6 a.~. or after 5

143. ""ot I. the longoot tI holoh. hao alopt at night during tho loot 7 daya?

L.aa then 2 hour. 2 hoars < 4 hours ........ 2 4 hour. < 6 hour. ........ 3 6 hour. < 8 hours 4 e hour. < 10 houre ....... 5 10 hour. < 12 houre ....... S 12 hour. < 14 hour. ....... 7 14 hour. < 16 houro ....... a 16 hour. or .ore 9

'44. So doe. the baby ev.r Mad to b. P I eked up ot night? Y .... 9

No 0 IF YES _ uauolly _ It?

Mother alwaye uaually 2

Half and hal' 3 Fe~r ueUilly 4

alwaya 5 Other .peolf),

145. On balance would,.,.. _cribs _____ _

ao,-A very ... y baby to look after A fairly ... y baby to look af\or 2 A r~th.r difficult boby 10

look aft.r 3 (Other apoolfyl

OMIT IF FIRST BABY Would you y holoh. w .. ., ... I .. y, .are dtfflault. or amut. the ..... ao your oth.r/lao\ baby?

Tht. 0,. .ore ... y , Thl. ona .or. dlffloult 5 About the .................. 6

IF 4 or.5 ""at do you \hlnk 10 the reaoon for the dl" .... noe?

146. Sinoo you go\ hoe. would,.,.. do.crlbs your .... alth u: ~r.r good

Fairly good 2 or Not. good 3

(Other - apoolfyl

147. Have you had any of th ... ')laptoa or probl_:- Y.. No

Troubl. with your b ..... \e . 0 Bleeding 2 0 Troubl. peealng watar 3 0 Con.tlpatlon 4 0 Nerva. or depree.lon 5 0 IrritabIlity 6 0 Baokaaha 7 0 Undue trradn... 8 0 Painful lnteroouraa 9 0 AlIYthlng .1 - .poolfy

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IF NOT BEEN PREGNANT BEFORE - SKIP TO Q.IS3. lid Ilk, you t.o OOIIpare your experlenoe. In thl. prognenoy and childbirth with your oxperlano ..

lut. tiel' when we, bam or you had (FROM Q.4 & ~I.

148. Would you .. y your pregnanoy thlo tl ... waa:-

Eular

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More dlffloult 2 About ~l ......................... 3 Easler In .OClI way. and CIIore

dlrrloult In other. 4 IF I, 2 or 4 In what way?

149. And whe.. did you ha".. tho baby/ ____ _

the time boforo?

In hoapltal/ltsternlty hom 5 In oU.r II 6

At ha.e 1 Other opoolfy

ISO. So that woo: The ..... thl. tl ....... . Dlfferant 2

IF DIFFERENT .1 Whloh did you profer? Thl. tl~ 3 Laet tl ......... 4 Both aqual ~

bl IF 3 or 4 Why I. thaU

151. Tho tl bofore dId you go Inw labour of your own aocord or dl d thl dootor. or nur .... do anythIng at all w holp ~ tho I.bour - or did you heve II eae.arlan ~ you went Into labour? Want 1~ labour on own I

Induc.d 2 Ceesart an!1!!2!:! I ebour a tart.ad 3

IF ON ~ tan I Juat oIl.oIe that th.y dId not

do any at Uta. things .2!!2!:! your water. broke or the oontraotlorw. I tarted~-

IF IHooCED !!!!!:! your wate ... broke or the oontraotlono otortod did they:-

V .. No

Break ... br.nee I 0 Give you a drip ) w 2 0

an I nJ.oUan 1 help 3 0 GI .. you .. dlolno at.art.

er tabl.ta labour 4 0 (Other - opoolfyl

152. How dId your labour loot U .. oo.p ..... with U1la 'to1 In \orona 011

a) Length? Thlo tl .. w .. It ohOrtor. longor or about. t.he alii.?

Thl. t1 harter this tl.e long.r 2 S .......................... 3

IF I or 2 Why do you thInk that w .. ?

Induoed thl. tl !. 4 Induced tl .. before 5 Other opoolfy

b) Pain? Thl. U wu It. blU.r. wor .. or about. the .... ?

Thl. t.1 batt..r Thl. tl .. worse 2 s .......................... 3

IF I or 2 Why do you thInk that waa? Induced thl. t.1_ 4 Induood last tl .. ....... Other opool fy

0) Th. way you .... r. look.d after? Thl. U .. we. 1 t bet.ter. wo .... or about. the

Thl. tI. bat.t.er

~

Thl. t.1 .. we ............ 2 s.. ................... 3

IF I or 2 In what way?

dl AI'wgothor? Thlo \1. w .. It boUor. WON. or about. th .... ,

Thl. t.1 .. bettar 4 ThI. U_ wo ............ 5 s..a ................... 6

IF 4 or 5 In