Joy and relief
joyful emotions
SAID
Informants who reacted with joy, relief and/or were pleasantly surprised did not merely do so according to the objective severity of the ultrasound result per se. Expectations did also influence the reactions. Some informants expressed joyful emotions already at baseline because the result was better than they initially had expected:
It said that I was like ten years younger, that my blood vessels looked that good. It was amazing, I couldn’t believe it. (Woman, informant 10)