Table 1

Items regarding the current pregnancy within the Stafford Interview

Items on the Stafford Interview		Evidence for the rating of the current case	Code*
(1) Response to conception
No.3	Planning of pregnancy	Not planned, but pleased	2
No.4	Unacknowledged pregnancy	Did not deny the pregnancy	0
No.5	Mother’s reaction to conception	Positive (pleased), not so strong	1
No.6	Reaction of baby’s father to pregnancy	Positive (pleased), slightly strong, but not ecstatic	1
No.7	Response of other important person to pregnancy	Her mother; positive (pleased), not so strong	1
No.8	Ideas about termination	Never considered	0
(2) Well-being of the unbornchild
No.34	Medical concern about unborn child	No concern	0
No.35	Social concern about unborn child	No concern	0
No.36	Attitude to gender of unborn child	Happy to know that the fetus was a girl	0
No.37	Interaction with the fetus (‘affiliation’, ‘prenatal bonding’)	Too embarrassing to talk and sing to the baby on her own; only when with her husband	2
No.38	Practical preparations for the new born	No equipment for baby care had been prepared	3
No.39	Mental and emotional readiness	Had only the faintest idea that life with a baby would be fun	2
No.40	Fetal abuse	No fetal abuse	0

*The code of each item is provided within the Stafford Interview. 2 trained raters make code through discussion after each item is rated at the range of three-point Likert scale (from 0 to 2) to six codes (from 0 to 5). A higher rating indicates worse in maternal emotional response, attitudes, or behaviours to her infant.