The antenatal questionnaire included questions relating to
demographic and socio-economic information, the women's
awareness of choices for place of birth including options outside
the borough and their preferences and expectations about their
labour.The postnatal questionnaire aimed to gather information
about their experiences and how these matched up with expectations and preferences,as well as any suggestions they had for
improving care.Because of concerns about the adequacy of explicit
measures of satisfaction, we decided to includequestions about
evidence -based elements of care,which all women should be
offered.This includedaskingifthemidwifewholookedafterthem
in labour had discussed their birth plan with them,explained
possible positions to adopt in labour,and showed them positions
for birth.