The participants in the massage group were more likely to adopt a sitting position during the intervention period than those in the control group (RR = 1.8, 95% CI 1.1 to 3.0). Path of delivery was unaffected by the intervention, with six Caesarean deliveries in the experimental group and four in the control group (RR = 1.5. 95% CI 0,5 to 4.6). Around 90% of the newborns in both groups had normal APGAR scores by the first minute after delivery, and all had normal APGAR scores by the fifth minute after delivery. All these data are presented in Table 5, with individual patient data presented in Table 3 (on the eAddenda.)