Table 1 Analytical process of the data
Meaning units (selected) | Themes | Categories |
|---|---|---|
Received unnecessary discomfort or pain relief treatment | Inappropriate car | Physical violence |
Laboring women's legs are forcefully spread apart | Lack of empathy | |
Laboring women Received care in an uncomfortable, painful position | ||
Laboring women felt received a painful assist as opposed to labor | ||
A woman slapped by healthcare providers | Physical force or abrasive behavior | |
A woman heated by heath care providers | ||
A woman Kicked by heath care providers | ||
A woman pinched by heath care providers | ||
A care provider shouted in a loud, sharp way | Non-dignified care | Verbal violence |
Obstetric care providers mock them or treat them with contempt | ||
Care providers unusually raised voice | ||
Support staff insulted women and their companions | ||
Negative remarks were made to foreshadow negative outcomes | Negative comments | |
The obstetric care provider commented on the unnecessity of getting pregnant and having a disability | ||
Being threatened with the bad outcomes of pregnancy with disability | ||
feel or declare that being responsible for a fault or wrong | Lack of trust by Obstetric care providers | |
Being made to feel guilty about her pregnancy | ||
The obstetric care provider blamed women for being disabled | ||
Denied from food or fluids in labor, unless medically necessitated | Lack of right to timely healthcare | Neglect and abandonment |
Being rejected by health care providers | ||
left alone in the absence of a companion or caregiver | ||
Potential development of harmful thoughts, actions, or emotions | Loss of trust on facility care | |
Negative attributions and suspicions towards facility care | ||
Struggling alone to survive | ||
Women planned not to give birth at a facility in the future | ||
Fear of being regarded as repulsive | Not being seen as a human individual | Stigma and Discrimination |
Feeling to be unworthy of respect or attention | ||
Fear of being a burden on others | ||
Being considered an object upon which physicians can act at will | ||
Feeling less important or useless | ||
Being reprimanded by the physician for being disabled | ||
Being incompetent for childbirth | ||
Feeling of helplessness during child bearing | ||
Feelings of receiving partial care | Luck of equitable care | |
Women received inadequate obstetric care | ||
Women received obstetric care regarding their status | ||
The mother and her newborn locked away in a different room | Isolation | |
A woman and her newborn are locked in the restroom | ||
Feeling Health providers discussed private health information in a way that others could hear | lack of privacy during maternal care | Non confidential care |
Being left to be watched and stood by people | ||
Feeling Everything has deteriorated like windows were broken, doors wide open for everybody to enter without any restriction | ||
Discussing private or personal issues with the medical team | ||
Feelings of publicity about private issues | ||
The providers didn’t use drapes or coverings appropriate to protect the mother’s privacy | Unethical/nonprofessional care | |
Being left naked on the delivery coach |