The aim of this study is to gain insight in the experiences and expectations of Belgian parents concerning primary cesarean section. This will be achieved by structured patient interviews and questionnaires in 24 women undergoing the procedure and their partners. This group will be divided into two subgroups of 12 multiparous and 12 nulliparous women and their partners.

The subjects in both groups will be interviewed twice and will receive three questionnaires. One to two weeks prior to the scheduled cesarean section and during a scheduled obstetric outpatient visit, the first interview and questionnaire will be administered to the couple. A second questionnaire will be provided while still hospitalized (5 days post partum), to both mother and partner. Six weeks post partum, during a scheduled obstetric outpatient visit, the couple will be interviewed for the last time and will be asked to complete the third and last questionnaire.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women
• Partner available
• 18-50 years of age
• Singleton pregnancy
• Booked for planned cesarean section ≥37 weeks of gestation
• Dutch-speaking
• Informed consent given

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency cesarean section
• <18 years of age or >50 years of age
• Multiple pregnancy
• Inability to provide consent (language, etc.)
• Partner not consenting
• BMI >35 kg/m2
• Maternal or fetal pathologies expected to affect pre and postnatal maternal/neonatal management

Pregnant women planned to undergo term elective cesarean section selected from antenatal low-risk clinic.