Appendix 1 A synthesis of qualitative studies - excluded studies and the reason for the exclusion

Assessed the experience of the clinical management to prevent SMM
BARLOW, J. H., HAINSWORTH, J. & THORNTON, S. 2008. Women's experiences of hospitalisation with hypertension during pregnancy: feeling a fraud. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 26, 157-167.
HARRISON, M. J., KUSHNER, K. E., BENZIES, K., REMPEL, G. & KIMAK, C. 2003. Women's satisfaction with their involvement in health care decisions during a high-risk pregnancy. Birth, 30, 109-15.
HEAMAN, M. & GUPTON, A. 1998. Perceptions of bed rest by women with high-risk pregnancies: A comparison between home and hospital. Birth, 25, 252-8.
JACKSON, C., BOSNIO, P. & HABIBA, M. 2006. Referral and attendance at a specialist antenatal clinic: qualitative study of women's views. Bjog-an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 113, 909-913.
LOOS, C. & JULIUS, L. 1989. The client's view of hospitalization during pregnancy. JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 18, 52-6.
PRICE, S., LAKE, M., BREEN, G., CARSON, G., QUINN, C. & O'CONNOR, T. 2007. The spiritual experience of high-risk pregnancy, Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG. 36 (1) (pp 63-70), 2007. Date of Publication: 2007 Jan-Feb.
RICHTER, M., PARKES, C. & CHAW-KANT, J. 2007. Listening to the voices of hospitalized high-risk antepartum patients. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 36, 313-318.
Not assessed women’s experience of SMM
BAUM, N., WEIDBERG, Z., OSHER, Y. & KOHELET, D. 2012. No longer pregnant, not yet a mother: giving birth prematurely to a very-low-birth-weight baby. Qualitative Health Research, 22, 595-606
ERLANDSSON, K., LINDGREN, H., MALM, M. C., DAVIDSSON-BREMBORG, A. & RADESTAD, I. 2011. Mothers' experiences of the time after the diagnosis of an intrauterine death until the induction of the delivery: A qualitative Internet-based study. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 37, 1677-1684.
GOUTAUDIER, N., LOPEZ, A., SEJOURNE, N., DENIS, A. & CHABROL, H. 2011. Premature birth: Subjective and psychological experiences in the first weeks following childbirth, a mixed-methods study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 29, 364-373.
LEITHNER, K., ASSEM-HILGER, E., FISCHER-KERN, M., LOFFLER-STASTKA, H., THIEN, R. & PONOCNY-SELIGER, E. 2006. Prenatal care: the patient's perspective. A qualitative study. Prenatal Diagnosis, 26, 931-7.
MUNCH, S. 2002. Women's experiences with a pregnancy complication: causal explanations of hyperemesis gravidarum. Social Work in Health Care, 36, 59-76.
POZZO, M. L., BRUSATI, V. & CETIN, I. 2010. Clinical relationship and psychological experience of hospitalization in "high-risk" pregnancy. European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Biology, 149, 136-42.
SEARLE, J. 1996. Fearing the worst--why do pregnant women feel 'at risk'? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 36, 279-86.
Severe maternal morbidity not analysed separately
BECK, C. & WATSON, S. 2010. Subsequent childbirth after a previous traumatic birth. Nursing Research, 59, 241-249.
BECK, C. T. & WATSON, S. 2008. Impact of birth trauma on breast-feeding - A tale of two pathways. Nursing Research, 57, 228-236.
FLEURY, C., PARPINELLY, M. & MAKUCH, M. Y. 2010. Development of the mother-child relationship following pre-eclampsia. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 28, 297-306.
MANDEL, D. 2010. The lived experience of pregnancy complications in single older women, MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. 35 (6) (pp 336-340), 2010. Date of Publication: November-December 2010.
MCNEIL, T. F. 1988. A prospective study of postpartum psychoses in a high-risk group. 4. Relationship to life situation and experience of pregnancy. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 77, 645-53.
THOMAS, H. 2004. Women's postnatal experience following a medically complicated pregnancy. Health Care for Women International, 25, 76-87.
Participants only selected from those who had a particular postnatal outcomes
BECK, C. T. 2004. Post-traumatic stress disorder due to childbirth: the aftermath. Nursing Research, 53, 216-24.
Unsupported by raw data
THEROUX, R. 2007. Listening to women's pregnancy and postpartum experiences: two qualitative studies. Nursing for Women's Health, 11, 503-5.
VAN PAMPUS, M. G., WOLF, H., WEIJMAR SCHULTZ, W. C. M., NEELEMAN, J. & AARNOUDSE, J. G. 2004. Posttraumatic stress disorder following pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 25, 183-7.
Quantitative data obtained using open ended questions on survey
THOMPSON, J. F., FORD, J. B., RAYNES-GREENOW, C. H., ROBERTS, C. L. and ELLWOOD, D. A. 2011a. Women's experiences of care and their concerns and needs following a significant primary postpartum hemorrhage. Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care, 38, 327-335.
THOMPSON, J. F., HEAL, L. J., ROBERTS, C. L. and ELLWOOD, D. A. 2010. Women's breastfeeding experiences following a significant primary postpartum haemorrhage: A multicentre cohort study. International breastfeeding journal, 5, 5.
Quantitative studies
BURGER, J., HORWITZ, S. M., FORSYTH, B. W., LEVENTHAL, J. M. & LEAF, P. J. 1993. Psychological sequelae of medical complications during pregnancy. Pediatrics, 91, 566-71.
SENTILHES, L., GROMEZ, A., CLAVIER, E., RESCH, B., DESCAMPS, P. & MARPEAU, L. 2011. Long-term psychological impact of severe postpartum hemorrhage, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 90 (6) (pp 615-620), 2011. Date of Publication: June 2011.
Irrelevant population
CHUANG, C. H., VELOTT, D. L. & WEISMAN, C. S. 2010. Exploring knowledge and attitudes related to pregnancy and preconception health in women with chronic medical conditions, Maternal and child health journal. 14 (5) (pp 713-719), 2010. Date of Publication: Sep 2010.
LIPSON, J. G. & ROGERS, J. G. 2000. Pregnancy, birth, and disability: women's health care experiences. Health Care for Women International, 21, 11-26.
USKUL, A. K., AHMAD, F., LEYLAND, N. A. & STEWART, D. E. 2003. Women's hysterectomy experiences and decision-making, Women and Health. 38 (1) (pp 53-67), 2003. Date of Publication: 2003.
Reviews on ‘traumtaic birth’
BECK, C. T., GABLE, R. K., SAKALA, C. & DECLERCQ, E. R. 2011. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in New Mothers: Results from a Two-Stage U.S. National Survey. Birth, 38, 216-227.
ELMIR, R., SCHMIED, V., WILKES, L. & JACKSON, D. 2010. Women's perceptions and experiences of a traumatic birth: a meta-ethnography. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66, 2142-53.

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