What women want if they were to have another baby: the Australian Birth Experience Study (BESt) cross-sectional national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore if Australian women would do anything differently if they were to have another baby.

Design and setting

The Birth Experience Study (BESt) online survey explored pregnancy, birth and postnatal experiences for women who had given birth during 2016-2021 in Australia.

Participants

In 2021, 8804 women responded to the BESt survey and 6101 responses to the open text responses to the survey question 'Would you do anything different if you were to have another baby?' were analysed using inductive content analysis.

Results

A total of 6101 women provided comments in response to the open text question, resulting in 10 089 items of coding. Six categories were found: 'Next time I'll be ready' (3958, 39.2%) described how women reflected on their previou

SUBMITTER: Keedle H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature