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Maternal and infant morbidity and mortality are major issues in developing countries, but the literature reveals there are limited studies on the sociocultural issues affecting adequate prenatal care in Bangladesh.

To explore the sociocultural influences underlying perceived barriers to prenatal care among pregnant women in an urban area of Bangladesh.

A descriptive qualitative research was conducted with 20 women and 20 of their significant others in three purposively sampled hospitals using individual in‐depth interview between November 2016 and March 2017. Content analysis was used for analysis.

Six themes emerged as follows: women's lack of opportunity to make decision; pregnancy as a normal life event; insufficient money for prenatal care; heavy family workload without family support; no permission to go to hospital without a guardian; and inconvenient …