Table 2

Characteristic interviews

Characteristic interviews
(n=13 interviews with 25 parents of 19 infants)
Fathers, n (%)12 (48)
Bereaved, n parents (%)2 (8)
Age (years), median (range)
 Mothers32 (23–41)
 Fathers34 (24–45)
Present during resuscitation, n (%)
 Mothers2 (15)
 Fathers11 (92)
Mode of birth, n infants (%)
 Caesarean section8 (62)
 Vaginal5 (38)
Parity, n mothers (%)
 Nulliparous9 (69)
 Multiparous4 (31)
  • *As infants participated in the ABC2 study (NTR7194/NL7004),34 infants were resuscitated with intact umbilical cord. Mothers were therefore present during resuscitation.