Table 8.
Subjective pregnancy states, birth emotions, postnatal states, overall birth experience and MABS.
| Factor | Pregnancy states n = 981 |
Birthing emotions n = 944 |
Postnatal states n = 945 |
Overall birth experience n = 908 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive emotions | Positive physical | Positive | Neglected | Aware-alert | Anxious-afraid | Postnatal distress | Postnatal positive | Postnatal physical wellbeing | Positive | Supported | Directed | |
| A-R | 0.085, p = 0.009** | 0.067, p = 0.039* | 0.189, p = 0.000*** | −0.126, p = 0.000*** | 0.064, p = 0.052 | −0.078, p = 0.018 | −0.121, p = 0.000*** | 0.243, p = 0.000*** | 0.058, p = 0.079 | 0.123, p = 0.000*** | 0.165, p = 0.000*** | −0.075, p = 0.026* |
| U-I | −0.241, p = 0.000*** | −0.202, p = 0.000*** | −0.197, p = 0.000*** | 0.148, p = 0.000*** | −0.094, p = 0.004** | 0.297, p = 0.000*** | 0.259, p = 0.000*** | −0.208, p = 0.000*** | −0.256, p = 0.000*** | −0.207, p = 0.000*** | −0.112, p = 0.001** | 0.138, p = 0.000*** |
| LCC | −0.128, p = 0.000*** | −0.111, p = 0.001** | −0.100, p = 0.002** | 0.136, p = 0.000*** | −0.120, p = 0.000*** | 0.196, p = 0.000*** | 0.221, p = 0.000*** | −0.110, p = 0.001** | −0.149, p = 0.000*** | −0.178, p = 0.000*** | −0.104, p = 0.002** | 0.126, p = 0.000*** |
| Easy | 0.156, p = 0.000*** | 0.091, p = 0.005** | 0.148, p = 0.000*** | −0.088, p = 0.008** | 0.028, p = 0.392 | −0.160, p = 0.000*** | −0.164, p = 0.000*** | 0.193, p = 0.000*** | 0.119, p = 0.000*** | 0.143, p = 0.000*** | 0.081, p = 0.015* | −0.044, p = 0.192 |
| GC | 0.229, p = 0.000*** | 0.171, p = 0.000*** | 0.187, p = 0.000*** | −0.079, p = 0.016* | 0.093, p = 0.005** | −0.205, p = 0.000*** | −0.188, p = 0.000*** | 0.213, p = 0.000*** | 0.211, p = 0.000*** | 0.176, p = 0.000*** | 0.089, p = 0.008** | −0.049, p = 0.143 |
| ADF | 0.030, p = 0.354 | 0.071, p = 0.027* | 0.068, p = 0.037* | −0.049, p = 0.137 | 0.019, p = 0.558 | −0.040, p = 0.224 | −0.041, p = 0.210 | 0.074, p = 0.024* | 0.058, p = 0.076 | 0.041, p = 0.217 | 0.051, p = 0.132 | 0.015, p = 0.658 |
| IDF | −0.172, p = 0.000*** | −0.180, p = 0.000*** | −0.110, p = 0.001** | 0.056, p = 0.091 | −0.095, p = 0.004** | 0.134, p = 0.000*** | 0.136, p = 0.000*** | −0.137, p = 0.000*** | −0.172, p = 0.000*** | −0.092, p = 0.006** | −0.047, p = 0.160 | 0.034, p = 0.318 |
| LCBF | −0.136, p = 0.000*** | −0.048, p = 0.163 | −0.056, p = 0.110 | 0.165, p = 0.000*** | −0.100, p = 0.004** | 0.200, p = 0.000*** | 0.178, p = 0.000*** | −0.070, p = 0.048* | −0.206, p = 0.000*** | −0.179, p = 0.000*** | −0.072, p = 0.045* | 0.155, p = 0.000*** |
MABS items are defined in Table 1.
*
Pearson’s r: p < 0.05.
**
Pearson’s r: p < 0.01.
***
Pearson’s r: p < 0.001.