Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

looked after her during one of her labour and delivery was fantastic and caring,
and then, as the interview progressed the same midwife was portrayed as uncaring
and very cruel. The following quotations illustrate:
clolspe: -g.utt with the ftrst pregvtavLou that I loot was E. who Is KONA/
K.earLu 12, u.V14, I WAS At Dome o-f hos-pitaL civtol Caul avt.o( um., the v‘Aldwtves
there were oKze ascii.A fAiAtAStit,...ut I vi&eAtA., Like i satot, the hospi,tat wAs ooze
agaLvt WAS briaisi ink, the vtaolwi-fe wAs -RivitAstiz, Uot . kytow, she was octri.v..g,
thoughtful, amot everuthi.vtg else.
The woman then went on discuss other things before going back to talk
about the same midwife, but her version had changed:
Ciol.Ape: Avl,ol with E. um, (Laughs) vvtu vuLdwi.fe wAS cic,tunt.l.u, her vonte
was L. avtd i oavt homsttu sau, as vtastu AS it souvtois, she was a right °La bag
(Laughs)
(See Appendix 4 lines 35-37, 44-46 and 445-467 for the contradictions of
the description of the midwife).
Although the apparent contradiction in the above interview could be seen
as a weakness, on the contrary, it shows the ability of qualitative research to get
the individual to relax, get rid of the initial façade and reveal a true version of
events. When one examines Gaolape's interview transcript (see Appendix 4), at
the beginning, her narrative was superficial and she wanted to present a rosy
picture of events. However, the richness of the description of what happened to
her as the interview progresses almost takes one to the actual time of her delivery,
and it is as if one is watching it happen rather than listening to a narrative.
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