Quality of care

Would you recommend this facility

3 75% Yes
1 25% No
Were you treated with kindness, respect and understanding?
4 100% Yes
0% No

Birth
What year did you birth?
3
75%
0%
1
25%
How did you have your baby?*
4
100%

0%

Do your care providers respect your decisions?

4 100% Yes
0% No
Do your care providers genuinely care about your wellbeing?
4 100% Yes
0% No
Do you feel you received conflicting information and advice from
different care providers?
2 50% Yes
2 50% No
Do you wish your care providers had more time to talk to you?
2 50% Yes
2 50% No
Antenatal Care

0%

Had you met any of your care provider(s) for labour a

2
50%
2
50%

Do your feel your care providers were on your side du

birth?
3
75%
1
25%

Do you feel comfortable asking questions during labo

4
100%
0%

Did you feel rushed or hurried by care providers durin

birth?
1
25%
3
75%

When did you have a booking appointment with the birth facility?
0% before 12 weeks

1
1

0% 13-15
0% 16-18
0% 19-24
50% 25-30
50% 30-40

weeks
weeks
weeks
weeks
weeks

Are prenatal classes offered?

2 100% Yes
0% No

Do you feel you made informed decisions throughout

birth?
3
75%
1
25%
Vaginal Birth
How did your labour start?
3

75%

25%

How did your labour progress?

2
50%

Support person/people

25%

Could your partner stay overnight after birth?

25%

0% Yes
4 100% No
Could your support person (partner, companion) be in the birth
room during labour and birth?
4 100% Yes
0% No

Could you eat and drink during labour?

2
50%
2
50%

Could you choose the position you wanted to be in du

squatting, sitting, moving around)?

Were other support people (e.g. grandparents and siblings of the

baby) be in the birth room during labour and birth?
3 75% Yes
1 25% No
Were your support people made to feel welcome during labour?
4 100% Yes
0% No
Postnatal Care
How many nights after a vaginal birth did you stay in hospital?

Was this a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean)?

0%
4
100%

Could you choose the position you wanted to be in du

squatting, sitting, moving around)?
4
100%
0%

0% I had a home birth

0% I did not stay over night

100%
0%

Did you have an episiotomy?

1

25%

75%

1
2

0% 1 Night
25% 2 nights
50% 3 nights

25% 4 or more nights

75%

25%

Did you have delayed cord clamping?

How many nights after a caesarean section did you stay?

### I did not stay over night

### 1 Night

Did you have a physiological third stage of labour?

25%

### 2 nights

75%

### 3 nights
### 4 or more nights

Were you able to hold your baby straight after baby w

4

Could you co-sleep with your baby if you wanted?

2 50% Yes
2 50% No

Did your care providers check on you enough during your stay/care?

100%
0%
Pain Relief
What methods of pain relief did you use?

25%

50% Yes

50%

50% No

25%
0%

Was a lactation consultant available to you?

3

75% Yes

25% No

25%
0%
Did you labour in a pool or bath?

Did someone from the facility visit you at home after discharge?
3 75% Yes
1 25% No
Caesarean Care
Was your caesarean...

0%
100%

Did you birth in a pool or bath?

0%
4
100%

### An elective/planned caesarean

### Emergency caesarean (I was in labour already)

Did you have the option of a VBAC (Vaginal birth after caesarean)?
### This was my first caesarean

### Yes (I chose not to have a VBAC)

### Yes (I was unable to have a VBAC)

### No
Were you able to hold your baby in the theatre?
### Yes
### No

Sample Siz

What year did you birth?

2014
2015
2016

ow did you have your baby?*

Vaginal Birth

Intrumental Vaginal Birth (Forceps, suction cup etc)

Caesarean

ad you met any of your care provider(s) for labour and/or birth before?
Yes
No

o your feel your care providers were on your side during labour and/or
rth?
Yes
No

o you feel comfortable asking questions during labour and/or birth?

Yes
No

id you feel rushed or hurried by care providers during labour and/or

rth?
Yes
No

o you feel you made informed decisions throughout your labour and/or
rth?
Yes
No

aginal Birth
ow did your labour start?
Induction of labour
spontaneously

ow did your labour progress?

Naturally

Infusion of pitocin commenced during labour to progress

Induction continued/pitocin continued

ould you eat and drink during labour?

Yes
No

ould you choose the position you wanted to be in during labour (e.g.,
quatting, sitting, moving around)?

Yes
No

Was this a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean)?

Yes
No

ould you choose the position you wanted to be in during birth (e.g.,
quatting, sitting, moving around)?
Yes
No

id you have an episiotomy?

Yes
No

id you have delayed cord clamping?

Yes
No

id you have a physiological third stage of labour?

I had physiological management (my placenta birthed

naturally)

I had active management (I received an injection of

syntometron to deliver my placenta quicker)

Were you able to hold your baby straight after baby was born?
Yes
No

ain Relief
What methods of pain relief did you use?
I did not have pain relief
Gas and Air
Water emersion/shower
Pethidine
Epidural/Spinal Block
TENS Machine

id you labour in a pool or bath?

Yes
No

id you birth in a pool or bath?

Yes
No