Table 4.

An example of analysis and development of categories (Inerviewee 9)

Quotation*	Codes	Sub categories	Categories	Main categories
I have been wondering if it was because I felt insecure,	Feeling insecure	Feeling of insecurity and incapacity	Losing control	Losing and regaining control
as soon as I saw the midwife, I had a feeling that this would not work.	Distrusting the midwife	Negative experience of midwife	Interacting with midwife	Interacting
I wished so much to have a natural delivery and she wanted me to lie in the couch with my legs in stirrups	Wishing a natural delivery	Basic attitude towards delivery	Wishing a natural delivery	Balancing natural and medical delivery
and things were so different from what I had wished and prepared for mentally.	Things different from wishes and mentally preparation	Disappointment	Losing control	Losing and regaining control
Well, it just made me feel insecure.	Feeling insecure	Feeling of insecurity and incapacity	Losing control	Losing and regaining control

* one continuous quotation