Background: WHO has recommended the Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) as one of the interventions to improve maternity care. Women who do not have access to health facilities because of the constraints posed by distance, they can benefit from living in a Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) and being closer to the facility can manage emergency obstetric complications. However, the facts on the ground that pregnant women and the community do not want to wait for the delivery process at the maternity waiting home, they prefer to wait at home alone if there are signs of labor they choose to come directly to the Public health center. In addition, there are also pregnant women who do not want to go to health facilities, preferring to call a shaman to assist with the delivery process. This study aims to describe the use of maternity waiting homes in an area in Indonesia. This research method is a descriptive survey using a questionnaire on 47 pregnant women respondents. The data is presented in the form of a frequency distribution table for the planned use of the maternity waiting home by pregnant women. The results of this study indicate that only 25.4% of pregnant women respondents plan to use the maternity waiting home and 74.6% do not plan to use the maternity waiting home.

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