“I look at the percentages, and the risk of what kind of
infections you could get. It is something you normally could treat with
oral medication. ‘Is it worth [exposing the baby to antibiotics]?’,
I am left thinking. Well, then it would be easier to say ’no, I want it
afterwards’.” (P3)
Some of the women argued how they tried to avoid perfume and other
things to be cautious about during pregnancy and they considered
antibiotics as being yet another thing to avoid exposing your unborn
baby to. A few women also expressed how 4% risk of getting an infection
seemed very low. One of these women had previously had a wound-infection
herself after a caesarean delivery: