Despite the fact that only four women remembered receiving the information about the study in the antenatal period, it is reassuring that the majority of women interviewed had at least a basic understanding of the study that they had joined, and felt that they were able to give informed consent. Although this might appear to suggest that there is little value in informing women about research studies in the antenatal period, guidance from both the RCOG and consumer groups recommend this approach.[11, 19] We were keen not to unduly worry pregnant women about a complication that they may or may not experience, and it may be that by making clear to women antenatally that we had no reason to think that they would become delayed in labour we unintentionally made the study appear somewhat irrelevant to them.