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. 2021 Nov;8(3):e655–e659. doi: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0259

Table 3.

Negative outcomes

Negative health and pregnancy outcomes
 Health complications 125
 Bleeding in pregnancy while on call 17
 Braxton Hicks while on call 6
 Repeated collapse 12
 Pelvic girdle pain 8
 Sciatica 15
 Recurrent infections in the mother 8
 Pregnancy loss in the first trimester 11
 Pregnancy loss in the second/third trimester 15
 Pre-term delivery 9
 Intrauterine growth restriction 15
 Fetal anomaly 4
 Uterine rupture 2
 Bleed behind placenta 2
 Near death in the mother 2
 Difficulty conceiving 8
 Delayed starting family and fertility problems 7
Negative career outcomes
 Negative impact on career 48
 Held back / failed annual review of competency progression 12
 Loss of salary (forced to start maternity leave early / missed on-call deducted) 13
 Gave up training number but stayed in specialty 10
 Left specialty 5
 Left NHS 6
 Middle grade contract not extended 2

Some responses are seen in supplementary material S3.