I was worrying about coming home as well. I’m having to do this hour and half journey with a small baby in the dark […] at that time the roads were really quite dangerous there were pot holes and everything everywhere […] if we get stuck in the snow or our car breaks down we are going to be in the middle of nowhere with a small baby … .
Women wanted to avoid the difficulties of travelling to hospital while in labour, compared to a home birth, or the effect of travel on labour progression: