Table 2.

Factors Affecting Willingness to Participate in Research

Baby (ADVOCATING FOR BABY – a subtheme of knowing your body)	“If It had been said that it wasn't particularly compatible with breastfeeding, or it could make the baby ill. That would be have been, definitely for me to have it, I think, at that point, I probably would have said no, or seriously considered saying no” 1020 “i'm assuming you know, in terms of passing through the placenta if everything's okay for baby, that it doesn't make them drowsy or doesn't have any effect on them… and just to make sure can I breastfeed” 1031 “If everything's okay baby that they… doesn't make them drowsy, doesn't have any effect on them” (1031)
Recognised treatments (INFORMATION-SHARING)	“you've got the reassurance of this is tried and tested,” 1029
Added benefit	“like if it was less than the original that I was going to get, then no. But if it was same or more than, then yes that's fine” 1030 (INFORMATION-SHARING) “Interviewer: Why do you think you would have said yes despite being a bit apprehensive? Participant: Because I think uh… infection is very scary for me” (1026) (KNOWING YOUR BODY)
Antibiotic resistance (ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF/BABY)	“as I know that there's no unnecessary harm going to be done. I mean, I don't know the major effects of antibiotics and things but… yeah so long as I don't [laughs] you don’t get a resistance to antibiotics and there's no major effects on me or, or, or the baby I think yeah”
Timing (ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF/BABY)	“But being an emergency situation, I might have just… been, maybe have been dismissive of it because of being worried about just, just the actual Caesarean. But… so it's hard to say, but… in hindsight I don’t think I would have minded” 1058
Setting (ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF/BABY)	“If they are antibiotics are given, administered when I'm still in hospital where, if anything did go wrong somebody could effectively be right there, then that's fine. I might have been a bit more cautious if it was a case of ‘it's been 24 h, you can go home now and just start taking these” (1010)