Background: Maternity waiting home is temporary shelter for pregnant women built near health institutions which allow pregnant women to wait the onset of labor for safe delivery. Although previous studies have identified factors for intention to use maternity waiting home, these didn’t explore intention of women on maternity waiting home. Therefore, community based study was conducted with the aim of investigating women’s intention on maternity waiting home and considers attending pregnant women’s conference towards maternity waiting home. Objective: To assess intention to use maternity waiting home and associated factors among pregnantwomen in Jawi district in Awi zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022. Methods: A community based cross sectional triangulated with qualitative study was conducted among 766 pregnant women. The study was done from May 24 to June 24/2022 using multistage sampling techniques. Data were collected usingsemi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire and entered to Epi data version 4.6 then exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Bi variable and multi variable logistic regression analysis were done using odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. P-value < 0.05 was considered as significant in multi variable analysis. Health extension workers, maternal and child health care team leaders and community health development army leader women were interviewed and manual method was used for thematic analysis. Result: Prevalence of intention to use maternity waiting was 469 (62.5%) (CI: 59.1-65.8). Attendingpregnantwomen’s conference (AOR=1.67, CI; 1.19-2.48), favorable attitude (AOR=3.69, CI; 2.63-5.16), birth preparedness plan (AOR=1.75, CI; 1.15-2.68), good knowledge AOR=1.76, CI; (1.17-2.64), housewife AOR=1.99, CI; (1.03-3.88) and previous history of child birth (AOR=1.47, CI; (1.02-2.12) were positively significant factors of intention to use maternity waiting home. Shortage of budget, lack of sleeping space for woman and thier families and lack of care taker were barriers of intentiton use maternity waiting home. Conclusion and recommendations: Prevalence of intention to use materity wating home is high. Attending pregnant women’s conference; favorable attitude, birth preparedness plan, good knowledge, housewife and having previous child birth history were positively significant factors of intention to use maternity waiting home. It is better to encourage women to attend at pregnant women’s conference. Key Words: Maternity waiting homes; associated factors, pregnant women; Jawi district