First-Time Fathers’ Experience of Support from Midwives in Maternity Clinics: An Interview Study

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:22.72em"/><col style="width:29.33em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><b>Main category</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Sub-categories</b></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Experience of not knowing what support they needed</td><td class="align_center">(i) Informative support from midwives</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">(ii) Support from other first-time-fathers in parental education groups</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Experience of being excluded</td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Overview of findings from the open questions: the inductive part.</div>

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Table 2: First-Time Fathers’ Experience of Support from Midwives in Maternity Clinics: An Interview Study 