Review from previous edition: “This handbook is an invaluable resource for students of midwifery and for practising midwives. It reflects the continuum of midwifery care, with information from the preconception period through to that following childbirth… This book is a good source of
reference. It is attractively small and can be carried around for quick reference.”

–Journal of Advanced Nursing

“The absolute must have for midwifery training. Thank goodness for this book!”

–Reviewer on amazon.co.uk

“This book is a pocket sized guide to midwifery practice! Thorough and covering practically every topic encountered this book is a must-have for all student midwives. Written by midwives this book offers an in depth guide to practice from a midwifery perspective… An essential, one you will
want to have your own copy of. If you buy one book, make it this one!”

–Reviewer on amazon.co.uk

“The team of contributing authors has given clear guides to essential emergencies alongside evidence-based information on a number of topics. Each part is clearly indexed for quick access, useful in a clinical environment… It is a comprehensive text for reference and as a resource of core
information it will be useful to student midwives … I believe it will aid student midwives and will be recommending it as a resource tool.”

–S. M. Davis, Senior Lecturer

“This is a welcomed addition to the midwifery literature and a resource which is likely to become part and parcel of the midwife’s ‘bag of tools’. I commend this work to the profession and trust that it will aid midwives and other healthcare professionals in meeting the demands and challenges
of health service provision in the 21st century.”

–Professor Paul Lewis, Academic Head of Midwifery and Child Health, Bournemouth University, UK

“This is the first pocket-sized bible for midwives that encompasses everything required in caring for a mother and baby from pre conceptual to the final examination. It is just as important as the CTG machine or other obstetric tools. Although this is a must-have book for the midwifery
student, it will be of benefit to all levels of midwives and clinicians.”

–Nursing Times September 2012

Janet Medforth, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK,Linda Ball, Research Midwife, Chesterfield NHS Trust, UK,Angela Walker, Senior Midwifery Lecturer and Supervisor of Midwives; Clinical Nurse Specialist and Independent Nurse Prescriber (retired), University of Sheffield; Integrated Sexual Health Service, Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, UK,Sue Battersby, Independent lecturer; Researcher Infant Feeding, Sheffield Hallam University, UK,Sarah Stables, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Janet Medforth has obtained both UK registered nurse and registered midwifery qualifications and worked as a clinical midwife for 12 years before moving into education. She has a Bachelor’s degree in midwifery education and a Master’s degree in health care ethics.
Janet has worked in midwifery education for 24 years and has also kept her clinical skills up to date to enable her to teach a number of different midwifery skills including managing obstetric emergencies. She believes that a midwife never stops learning and thereforeshe’s recently developed an interest alongside clinical colleagues in Sheffield, in the skills needed to enable safe vaginal breech birth.

Having qualified in 1997 Linda Ball has worked in midwifery research and higher education for almost 20 years. She became a Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield (2000-2004) where she explored midwifery attrition for the Department of Health & the Royal College of Midwives (Why do Midwives Leave? 2002). She subsequently became a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Health & Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University. As a Postgraduate University Teacher at The University of Sheffield, Linda qualified as an NMC accredited midwife teacher in 2010. From 2011 to 2015 she returned to Sheffield Hallam University as a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery. Linda currently works as Lead Research Midwife within Chesterfield NHS Trust, where she manages a number of National Institute of Health Research clinical trials. She continues to feel privileged to be a midwife and still enjoy clinical midwifery practice!

Angela Walker has been in nursing and midwifery for 49 years and in midwifery education for almost 40 years, gaining a first degree in Education and a Master’s degree in Education Management.SheI was a course leader at both pre and post registration and one of a team to develop and teach on the University’s online Masters in Midwifery, launched in 2004. Special interests are contraception, women’s health, and sexual health, legal and professional issues. Latterly, co-course leader of the Nurse and Midwife Independent Prescribing Programme at the University of Sheffield and clinical nurse practitioner in Contraception and Sexual Health with a full range of advanced skills. Angela finally retired May 2016.