I was thinking you get plenty of notice and the fact that I was
having scans meant everything was fine, that I would all be fine and you
as [the midwife] said and […] sort of explained that
there are other things that can happen, if the placenta ruptures and
things like this. It was a bit of a reality call, and a bit of a wakeup
call, and I just thought if something did happen and the people that are
there with me weren’t able to deal with it. I’m over an hour away from
hospital and in the middle of nowhere and it’s December. I couldn’t live
with myself knowing that I could have just gone to hospital. What is the
aim of the game here? Is it to have some sort of home video that you can
show people, or is it to get this child and just make sure that they are
here and they are safe?
The distance to the hospital was viewed as being difficult to overcome.
Road conditions in rural areas meant an ambulance would not be faster
than private car, and air ambulances might not always be available. For
instance, one mother was concerned that it would not be possible to get
to the hospital quickly enough in an emergency: