All women included were asked to complete the Wijma Delivery Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ B) the day after delivery. The W-DEQ B measures the woman´s experience of childbirth after delivery. The questionnaire includes 33 items, each scoring from 0–5. The sum score ranges from 0–165; the higher the score, the worse the woman’s experience. The questionnaire has shown good psychometric properties [21]. The cut-off between
good/moderate and negative experience of childbirth was set at a sum score of 66, which was the 75th percentile
in the original study of childbirth experience [21]. The two groups (W-DEQ < and ≥ 66) were compared with regard to levels of AFL, and labour variables in several parameters