Table 3.

Indications for maternal postpartum and newborn transfers

	First Births		Subsequent Births*
Indication for postpartum transfer	Second stage < 2 hoursn=55	Second stage > 2 hoursn=18	Second stage < 1 hour n=259	Second stage > 1 hourn=121
Hemorrhage	14 (25.5%)	7 (38.9%)	79 (30.5%)	25 (20.7%)
Retained placenta	15 (27.3%)	3 (16.7%)	68 (26.3%)	24 (19.8%)
Laceration or episiotomy repair	17 (30.9%)	6 (33.3%)	61 (23.6%)	55 (44.5%)
Hematoma	6 (10.9%)	1 (5.6%)	8 (3.1%)	1 (0.8%)
Other	3 (5.5%)	1 (5.6%)	43 (16.6%)	16 (13.2%)
	First Births		Subsequent Births*
Indication for newborn transfer	Second stage < 2 hours n=43	Second stage > 2 hours n=15	Second stage < 1 hour n=232	Second stage > 1 hour n=112
5 minute apgar score < 7	6 (14.0%)	1 (6.7%)	19 (8.2%)	14 (12.5%)
Respiratory problems	30 (69.8%)	14 (93.3%)	145 (62.5%)	83 (74.1%)
Anomaly	2 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)
Other	5 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (27.2%)	15 (13.4%)

Data presented as N (%)

Percentage is percentage of total transfers

*p < 0.01 per chi square test