More than 50 babies who would have been born in north Devon have instead been delivered in Exeter after maternity services at Barnstaple were suspended, according to a hospital trust.
Maternity services at North Devon District Hospital were temporarily suspended on 11 August, meaning mothers now have to travel more than an hour to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to give birth.
The Royal Devon NHS Trust said it had made sure staff and space were available to support women and their families at the Exeter hospital.
Since the suspension, 54 north Devon babies have been born in Exeter. One mother from Exmoor said she had to leave extra early to make sure she got to hospital in time.
A trust spokesperson said: "Since the temporary suspension 54 babies that would have been born in north Devon have been born in Exeter without any babies being born before arrival at the maternity unit."
The trust also said many staff who worked in north Devon would be coming to south Devon to work there instead.
After a Royal Devon trust board meeting on Wednesday to review progress towards reopening, the trust said it would meet again before a date could be confirmed.
The trust's medical director, Dr Karen Davies, resigned after the closure was announced. In her resignation letter, she said she could not support the way the trust had handled the maternity situation.
The trust said the decision to temporarily close the unit came after looking at every option, and that the safety of women and babies was its "overriding consideration".
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