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A woman in labour had to travel 40 miles to give birth after being turned away from three hospitals because they did not have enough midwives.
Barbara Job, 25, from Peterborough, had to make the hour-long journey to Leicester on Sunday.
Her birthing plans specified Peterborough City Hospital and she rang the unit there after her waters broke, her mother-in-law Rica Scott said.
But she and her husband William were told there were not enough staff to ensure a safe delivery and they should look elsewhere.
The pair were met with the same response at Huntingdon's Hinchingbrooke Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge.
Leicester Royal Infirmary finally accepted Mrs Job and the couple had to drive to the hospital while she was in 'incredible pain', Ms Scott said. She gave birth to a healthy boy there yesterday.
Barbara Job (pictured with her husband William), 25, from Peterborough was forced to travel 40 miles to give birth after she was turned away from three hospitals because they did not have enough midwives
Her birthing plans specified Peterborough City Hospital and she rang the unit there after her waters broke but was told there were not enough staff to ensure a safe delivery and they should look elsewhere
