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: