Table 2 Identified themes and subthemes
From: Women’s experience of psychological birth trauma in China: a qualitative study
Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|
How am I supposed to relieve the endless pain? | Excruciating pain |
Inaccessibility to labor analgesia | |
Can’t I be weak? | Constant pressure |
Burden of expectation | |
Am I not important? | Powerlessness to decide |
Gender preference | |
Neglect by the medical staff | |
What uncertainties are waiting for me? | Unknown process |
Security concern | |
Tense atmosphere |