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 Obstetrician, Ayrshire Maternity Unit, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock

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