Table 1 Responses about inpatient birth care by family physician residents

• Family physician’s role between that of a midwife and obstetrician

• Lack of information provided about what to expect after the birth

• Need for information about post-partum physical discomfort, i.e., pain from the surgical incision or intravenous catheter, postpartum abdominal pain, and/or breast engorgement

• Wanting follow-up care by a family doctor

• Wanting the family doctors involved in their birth care to become their regular doctors

• Feeling safe

• Lack of relaxing atmosphere in the delivery room

• Friendliness of family physicians encouraged women to talk with them

• Uncertainty about what a family physician does can cause anxiety

• Being glad that a family doctor was there

• Need to improve the delivery room environment with background music, adjustable lights and pleasant aroma

• Need to provide an explanation about what family physicians do during prenatal care or at the time of admission