Table 3.

An example of the analytical process of midwives’ and pregnant women’s responses.

An example of the analytical process of midwives’ responses
Preliminary themes were extracted on a review of the entire data material.	Extraction of meaning units and summarized into codes.		From coding process to overall categories	Categories were divided into sub- categories
	Quotations	Code
Unpreparedness for motherhood	“I think that women don’t always know what will happen after childbirth, so it’s important to talk to them about the difficulties they may face”	Reality after childbirth	Perceived psycho-physiological condition after childbirth	Reality does not match their expectations
Idealistic image of motherhood	«Women expect everything to be like in beautiful pictures on the Internet, but in reality it may not be the same”			Before childbirth they have unrealistic expectations
An example of the analytical process of pregnant women’s responses
Psychological condition after childbirth	“Feelings of fear before childbirth can lead to tense behaviour during labour and possibly lead to unpleasant consequences for the baby”	Birth experience	Lack of professional, family and financial needs	Lack of support