Table 3.
Summary of post-natal follow up (mothers N = 121; babies N = 124)
| Newborn’s health and wellbeing | |
|---|---|
| Measures | Mean (SD) or N % |
| Age of baby at the interview (in weeks) | 14.19 (5.09) |
| < 10 weeks | 29 (23.3%) |
| 10–15 | 50 (40.3%) |
| 16–20 | 33 (21.7%) |
| 21–24 | 27 (14.5%) |
| Weeks pregnant at delivery | 39 (2) |
| Preterm (37th week or earlier) | 15 (12.3%) |
| 38–40 | 86 (71.7%) |
| 41–42 | 19 (16%) |
| Type of delivery | |
| Normal vaginal delivery (Not induced) | 67 (56%) |
| Induced and vaginally | 16 (13%) |
| Planned cesarean | 18 (15%) |
| Unplanned, emergency cesarean | 17 (14%) |
| Held the baby | |
| Immediately | 10 (8.8%) |
| Within five minutes | 4 (3.2%) |
| Within half an hour | 21 (17%) |
| Within an hour | 33 (27.4%) |
| After C-section with general anesthesia | 12 (9.6%) |
| Cannot remember | 1 (0.8%) |
| After 1 h | 40 (33.3%) |
| Gender of baby | |
| Boys | 58 (47%) |
| Girls | 66 (53%) |
| Twin pregnancy | 3 (2.5%) |
| Birth weight (in lbs.) | 6.65 (1.43) |
| Breastfeeding | |
| Breastfed exclusively | 72 (58%) |
| Breastfed and used milk substitute | 40 (32.2%) |
| Fed just milk substitute | 10 (8%) |
| Mother’s wellbeing | |
| Mother’s birth memories-emotional (max score 35; higher score means negative emotions) | 22.67 (6.95) |
| Strongly agree that: | |
| Had extremely positive emotions at the time of birth | 15 (12.4%) |
| Had extremely negative emotions at the time of birth | 43 (35.5%) |
| Had mixed positive and negative emotions at the time of birth | 26 (21.5%) |
| Currently have extremely positive emotions when recall birth experience | 24 (19.8%) |
| Currently have mixed positive and negative emotions when recall birth experience | 33 (27.3%) |
| Depression PHQ-9 score | 5.29 (4.27) |
| Depressed (≥ 10) | 18 (14.9%) |
| Moderate depression (10–14) | 13 (10.7%) |
| Moderately severe depression (15–19) | 5 (4.2%) |
| Severe depression (20– 27) | 0 (0%) |