Table 1.

Demographics, Method, and High-Risk Conditions in the Included Studies

Paper	Participants (Number, Age, Parity*)	Method	High-Risk Conditions**
I	10 Women 18–32 Years P: 8; M: 2	Phenomenological Interview Study (10 interviews)	2 Diabetes; 1 Renal Transplantation
			5 Emergency Cesarean Section
			2 Vacuum Extraction
			2 Perineal Suturing Under General Anaesthesia
			2 Manual Removal of Placenta
			7 Observed in the Intensive Care Unit
			3 Premature Babies
II	14 Women 25–38 Years P: 8; M: 6	Phenomenological Hermeneutical Interview Study (44 interviews)	7 Diabetes, Duration 10–20 Years
			7 Diabetes, Duration >20 Years (of which 3 had severe vascular complications)
III	10 Midwives 41–52 Years	Phenomenological Interview Study (10 interviews)	Work Experience: 9–29 Years
					Work with Women at High Risk: 5–8 Years

^*P = Primiparous; M = Multiparous

^**Every unique woman/child could have more than one complication.

I: Berg, M., & Dahlberg, K. (1998). A phenomenological study of women's experiences of complicated childbirth. Midwifery, 14, 23–29.

II: Berg, M., & Honkasalo, M.-L. (2000). Pregnancy and diabetes—A hermeneutic phenomenological study of women's experiences. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 21, 39–48.

III: Berg, M., & Dahlberg, K. (2001). Swedish midwives' care of women who are at high obstetric risk or who have obstetric complications. Midwifery, 17, 259–266.