Table 2.

Details of current and previous pregnancies and deliveries.

Variable	Category	No.	Percentage
Gestational age	Less than 37 weeks	52	17.3
	37 weeks or more	248	82.7
Sub-fertility prior to current pregnancy	Yes	53	17.7
	No	247	82.3
Previous miscarriage	Yes	102	34.0
	No	198	66.0
Current pregnancy: spontaneous/ARTa	Spontaneous	278	92.7
	ART	22	7.3
Current pregnancy complications	No complications	208	69.3
	Complication	92	30.7
	•Maternal •Fetal	69	23.0
		23	7.7
Number of previous deliveries	Primigravidae	88	29.3
	Multiparous	212	70.7
	Para 1-2	137	45.7
	Para 3 or more	75	25.0
Indication for CSb	Maternal	187	62.3
	Fetal	31	10.3
	Maternal request	53	17.7
	Doctor's advice	29	9.7
Choice of anaesthesia in current CS	General	81	27.0
	Spinal	219	73.0
Source of information about anaesthesia in current CS	Anaesthetist	163	54.3
	Obstetrician	59	19.7
	Lay person	65	21.7
	Media	13	4.3
Previous pregnancy complications	Primigravida (88/300)	88	29.3
	Multiparous (212/300)	212	70.7
	•No complications • Complications - Maternal - Fetal	140/212	66.0
		72/212	34.0
		57/212	27.0
		15/212	7.0
Previous intrapartum complications	Primigravida (88/300)		29.3
	Multiparous (212/300)		70.7
	•No complications (203/300) •Complications (9/300)	203/212	96.0
		9/212	4.0
Previous caesarean section	Primigravidae (88/300)	88	29.3
	Multigravidae (212/300)	212	70.7
	•No previous CS •Previous CS (182/212)	30/212	14.2
		182/212	85.8
Choice of anaesthesia in previous caesarean sections	No previous CS (118/300)	118/300	39.3
	Previous CS (182/300)	182/300	60.7
	•General anaesthesia •Spinal anaesthesia	84/182	46.1
		98/182	53.9
Complications in previous anaesthesia	No previous CS (118/300)	118	39.3
	Previous CS (182/300)	182	60.7
	•No complications • Complications - Failed Spinal - Spinal headache	175/182	96.0
		2/182	1.0
		5/182	3.0

^aART: Assisted reproductive Technologies.

^bCS: Caesarean section.