This is a descriptive study based on quantitative and qualitative data collected via questionnaires completed
in the first week postpartum and at two and four months postpartum, by 206 women participating in a multicentre
study of women's experiences of a significant primary postpartum haemorrhage (blood loss of 1500 mL or more in the
24 hours following childbirth, and/or a peripartum fall in haemoglobin (Hb) concentration to 7g/dL or less, or of ≥ 4g/
dL).