Table 2.

Quotes related to the theme self-blame

Self-blame
Quote #	Quote	Source
2.1	Maybe it was because… I was really bad, I wasn’t really settled with my epilepsy. I was always in the emergency room.	Participant 7, interview 3
2.2	So it’s nothing I could’ve [done to] rewind time, the doctor said there’s nothing I could’ve did so there’s no point of me feeling bad, even though it’s hard for me not to because it’s my child.	Participant 13, interview 1
2.3	I found out folic acid is another reason why a baby can have acrania… So I was thinking maybe it was that with me because I am a picky eater.	Participant 13, interview 2
2.4	I feel like maybe God’s punishing me because I chose to do that [an elective abortion in the past].	Participant 18, interview 1
2.5	My dad passed away and it was a major loss and I never feel like… I caused that… This time I feel like I… caused it or if I would’ve not [been] this overweight or if I would’ve taken the folic acid.	Participant 1, interview 1
2.6	It was reassuring, just the information that they had given me that it’s something that couldn’t have been predicted. It’s just something that happens and that was a lot easier to cope with than thinking it was something I had done wrong.	Participant 17, interview 2
2.7	Just to know that… it’s not something that they’re doing just because. It’s not that they want it… they’re terminating because of a reason. And like they told me, it’s not my fault. It’s not something that I did wrong, it just happened.	Participant 9, interview 1