Context: nowadays, 8 out of 10 women have an epidural wish. For the others, more and more projects of birth are formulated, with requests more personalized associated often with a refusal of the epidural. The closure of local level I maternity clinics, in connection with the lack of midwifery staff has led to more difficult management, which is out of step with women's expectations and their desire to D-day of delivery.Objective: this study aims to identify the circumstances in which the wish of these women has not been realized and qualify their experience of childbirth. The methodology is a phenomenological qualitative ap-proach. 10 patients were selected to perform semi-structured interviews in maternity layer follow-up services at all l...