Chapter 7 156 Data analysis The recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim. We generated summaries and shared them with participants for credibility checks. Data analysis was conducted by two researchers (NS, ES) and a patient investigator (ME), who offered diverse perspectives to enrich trustworthiness. The IPA was conducted using ATLAS.ti V9.1. We adhered to the steps described by Charlick and colleagues and applied a completely inductive approach to the data analysis: reading and rereading transcripts (NS, ES, ME), initial noting of transcripts, by making descriptive and conceptual comments, including emotional expressions (memos are consulted in this step) (NS, ES), developing emergent themes (NS, ES), searching for connections across emergent themes (NS, ES), moving to the next case (NS, ES), and looking for patterns across cases (NS, ES)28. In this latter step, an analytical framework was built, including participants' narratives as columns and emergent themes as rows. Thus, it was possible to focus on the individual narratives before making interpretations at the group level. The last step included taking interpretations to deeper levels from multiple perspectives by discussing remarkable findings in a group meeting (all authors). Results Demographics Eleven participants were included and interviewed during pregnancy: nine pregnant women and two male partners (one interviewed together with his partner and one interviewed separately from his partner). Of the eleven participants, six also participated in the postpartum interview (five women and one male partner interviewed together with his partner). The loss to follow-up of five interviewees was due to not having mind space to participate (n=1) or not responding to the invitation (n=3), and one woman explained that she had lost her pregnancy (n=1). None of the participants requested alterations to their narrative in the summary. Table 7.1 shows the demographic and psychosocial characteristics of the participants. Five women were born in the Netherlands, four in other countries (North America, Europe and South America) and two partners in the Netherlands.
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