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This study was conducted to explore these experiences in women with significant mobility disabilities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A qualitative descriptive study was conducted with 22 women from the United States who had delivered newborns within the prior 10\u00a0years. All had significant mobility disabilities. Two\u2010hour, in\u2010depth telephone interviews were conducted using a semistructured, open\u2010ended interview protocol, which addressed many topics, including labor, delivery, and anesthesia experiences. We recruited most participants through social networks, interviewing women from 17 states. Conventional content analysis, facilitated by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NV<\/jats:styled-content>ivo software, was used to identify major themes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean age of women was 34.8\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05.3\u00a0years. Most women were white, college educated, and used wheeled mobility aids. Four key themes emerged from participants\u2019 narratives of laboring and giving birth with a disability. These included women's preferences for type of delivery, clinicians and some women expected no labor pain, fears prompting active advocacy, and positive experiences. 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