No significant differences were found between the
groups in terms of labour outcomes, mode of giving birth, maternal or neonatal outcome. Only
37 of the 96 women allocated to the ambulant group (39%) actually chose to ambulate for
30 minutes or longer. Of those who did ambulate, the mean time spent in an upright position was
1.5 hours (SD 0.8 hours). During the time of recruitment of women into the trial, 389 declined to
participate, 46% for fear of losing the option to ambulate during labour.