Abstract
A recent story about hospitals closing their doors to women in labour because of a lack of staff beds must send alarm bells ringing in the ears of hundreds of pregnant women who are already fearful about going into labour. Throughout pregnancy they have been carefully monitored by midwives and/or other health professionals, they might have adhered to all sorts of recommendations to do with their diet, had numerous blood and urine tests, scans and palpations to check their baby, all of which have provided some degree of reassurance. It must be a shock, particularly when aspects of the birth have been carefully planned, to find that the chosen maternity unit likely visited by the parents beforehand, has temporarily closed its doors to women in labour. In the story it is reported that some women were forced to travel up to 99 miles to find somewhere they could give birth (Campbell, 2010).
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