The Antenatal Results and Choices charity (Arc) sees things differently.
"We came out to attend to people on the maternity ward and found these women in the antenatal section.
One in four women do not get the antenatal check-ups they need, which can warn of pregnancy complications.
The subject, Brett Nielsen, was born without upper limbs as a result of the antenatal drug thalidomide.
To reach the antenatal ward, I first had to pass through a ward full of newborn babies.
When I became pregnant with my daughter at the age of 35 they found a substantial ovarian cyst on the antenatal scan.
Karen, 31, with Stanley, said: "We did ask about a tongue tie in the antenatal classes, and they said it was very rare.
I also operated on a day-old baby who had a build-up of fluid on the brain – we already knew about this from the antenatal scans.
I told her that we would do all we could to help and called out to the nurse to admit her into the antenatal ward.
If the labour ward gets full of postnatal patients, the antenatal ward gets full of women in labour and the whole place gets backed up.
Her boyfriend, a former schoolmate two years older than her, who often bought her presents and snacks, has been accompanying her to the antenatal clinic six miles away.
