Quality of Recovery After Childbirth

In this proposed study, the investigators hope to assess the quality of recovery after delivery in a local population that would take into account physiological and psychological parameters to better understand the recovery process after delivery. The investigators will identify risk factors, especially those that are modifiable and associated with a poorer ObsQoR score and hence a poor quality of recovery after delivery. This data may then be used to educate women and manage expectations in the postpartum period, and help develop potential therapeutic interventions.

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 21-50 years old; * Able to read and understand written Chinese; * Primiparous and having singleton pregnancy; * Delivered via spontaneous vaginal delivery, or elective cesarean delivery; * ≥38 gestational week. Exclusion Criteria: * Failed neuraxial analgesia in those receiving elective cesarean delivery; * General anaesthesia; * Intrapartum cesarean delivery; * Women whose infants have died; * Mother or baby requiring ICU after delivery; * Assisted/ operative vaginal delivery.