Semi-structured interviews
Following identification of women meeting the inclusion
criteria, women were approached by the research midwife
who described the nature of the study. For those
willing to participate, informed consent procedures were
completed prior to completion of a study specific case
note record form. Data from this aspect of the study is
presented elsewhere [31]. During the consent procedure
for the case record form, women were also asked if they
were prepared to participate in a semi-structured interview.
For those willing to participate in an audio -recorded
interview with the research midwife, separate consent was
gained