Table 1 Interview guide for consumers (Women)

1. What lead you to choose an UBW to support you with your birth at home?

a. How did you find her?

b. How much did her services cost?

c. How often did you see her?

d. What did she do for you or with you at the birth?

e. Did she provide services post birth?

f. How long for and what did these services entail?

g. How did you reconcile risk vs benefit?

h. What emergency plans did you have in place?

i. How far away from emergency aid were you?

2. Why did you not choose a home birthing midwife?

3. How do the services of an UBW and a private midwife differ?

4. Can you describe your experiences of having being cared for by an unregulated birthworker at home?

5. What sorts of services would you like to see available to women from mainstream services?

6. What would you do if the services of an UBW were not available?

7. What are your views about the proposed legislation to prohibit UBW support women during a homebirth without a midwife?

8. How might mainstream services improve so you feel you have more options?