Gestation at birth | ||||||||
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<32 weeks | 32–36 weeks | 37 or more weeks | Total | |||||
Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | |
When mother first felt that baby belonged** | ||||||||
During pregnancy | 15 | 38.5 | 110 | 47.0 | 2217 | 54.4 | 2342 | 53.9 |
Immediately after birth | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 19.2 | 887 | 21.8 | 932 | 21.4 |
First few days | 3 | 7.7 | 25 | 10.7 | 430 | 10.6 | 458 | 10.5 |
First few weeks | 8 | 20.5 | 35 | 15.0 | 360 | 8.8 | 403 | 9.3 |
Only recently | 11 | 28.2 | 14 | 6.0 | 156 | 3.8 | 181 | 4.2 |
Not quite yet | 2 | 5.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 24 | 0.6 | 31 | 0.7 |
Number of positive adjectives used by mother about baby** | ||||||||
1–4 | 27 | 64.3 | 102 | 42.0 | 1221 | 29.2 | 1350 | 30.3 |
5–6 | 9 | 21.4 | 83 | 34.2 | 1636 | 39.2 | 1728 | 38.7 |
7 or more | 6 | 14.3 | 58 | 23.9 | 1319 | 31.6 | 1383 | 31 |
Number of negative adjectives used by mother about baby** | ||||||||
0 | 16 | 38.1 | 66 | 27.2 | 847 | 20.3 | 929 | 20.8 |
1 | 12 | 28.6 | 117 | 48.1 | 2209 | 52.9 | 2338 | 52.4 |
2 or more | 14 | 33.3 | 60 | 24.7 | 1120 | 26.8 | 1194 | 26.8 |
Baby felt to be more or less difficult than average* | ||||||||
More difficult | 5 | 12.5 | 13 | 5.5 | 151 | 3.7 | 169 | 3.9 |
Average | 25 | 62.5 | 127 | 53.6 | 2173 | 53.4 | 2325 | 53.5 |
Easier | 10 | 25.0 | 97 | 40.9 | 1748 | 42.9 | 1855 | 42.7 |
*p<0.05 **p<0.01.