Table 3.
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.