What women want if they were to have another baby: the Australian Birth Experience Study (BESt) cross-sectional national survey.

Objectives: To explore if Australian women would do anything differently if they were to have another baby.

Design And Setting: The Birth Experience Study (BESt) online survey explored pregnancy, birth and postnatal experiences for women who had given birth during 2016-2021 in Australia.

Participants: In 2021, 8804 women responded to the BESt survey and 6101 responses to the open text responses to the survey question 'Would you do anything different if you were to have another baby?' were analysed using inductive content analysis.