Table 3.

Other reasons given by the pregnant mothers for coming late

Reason	Number	Percentage (n = 180)
Was getting ANC from somewhere else	96	53.3
Was busy	24	13.3
Developed a problem	13	7.2
Was far away	12	6.7
Was lazy	9	5.0
The pregnancy has grown	8	4.4
Wants to get a file	6	3.3
Was told to come	5	2.8
Did not know where the ANC clinic is located	3	1.7
She has had children before	1	0.6
Doctors and nurses don’t pay attention when early	1	0.6
Got tired of ANC during past pregnancies	1	0.6
Thought this was the right time to come	1	0.6