Table 2 Example of the analytical process using systematic text condensation
From: Reflections on timing of motherhood - a qualitative online study with women of reproductive age
1. Overview from chaos to introductory themes | 2. Identification and sorting of meaningful units - from themes to codes | 3. Condensation | 4. Synthesis |
|---|---|---|---|
Identification of preliminary themes. | Extracting meaningful units, sorting into codes (decontextualization of data). | Dividing codes into categories and subcategories, by making condensates. | Developing descriptions based on condensates (reconceptualization of data). |
Fear | Achieving pregnancy can be challenging. It took my parents 5 years to get pregnant, so there is that fear that when you finally say; now it is now, then you can’t…. Can we have children at all when I am 30? Now I fear if, what if I’ve waited too long, I have not gotten pregnant yet and all the horror scenarios are running around in my head
| What if it is difficult to get pregnant? Fear of having trouble getting pregnant Fear of never being able to achieve pregnancy. How will this affect our relationship? | What if we can’t have children? Fear of having trouble getting pregnant or, in the worst case, not being able to have children at all, appears as part of women’s consciousness when they think about having a child in the future. The fear is accompanied by thoughts about how it will affect their mental health if they must go through fertility treatment, as well as they worry about how this may affect their relationships. |
