Summary of qualitative methods in study of informed choice in maternity services Respondents Episodes of observation Interviews Childbearing women 886 163 (85 antenatal, 78 postnatal) Midwives 653 177 Obstetricians 167 28 Obstetric ultrasonographers 66 12 Obstetric anaesthetists NA*  3 Total 886 383 (17 conducted in Welsh) * NA=not applicable as observation of women in labour was not undertaken.