We are most grateful to all our advisors:

Ms Anne Jackson-Baker Director, English Board, Royal College of Midwives

Dr Christopher Everett GP (retired)

Mr Roy Farquharson Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Liverpool Women’s Hospital

Ms Diana Hamilton-Fairley Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital, London

Dr Sheila Kitzinger Author and anthropologist

Dr Marjory MacLean Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride

Ms Christine Moulder Author and social researcher

Prof Lesley Regan Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College & St Mary’s Hospital, London

Mr Naren Samtaney Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Airedale Hospital

Prof Gordon Stirrat Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Bristol University & St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol

Prof James Walker Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Leeds University & St James’s Hospital, Leeds