With contributions from a range of leading international authors, this 'stop and make you think' book explores the many contemporary issues surrounding emotion work in reproductive healthcare. The editors, forerunners in their field, have brought together both theoretical and clinical aspects to challenge readers to consider the significance of this important topic in their day-to-day work.Using examples of maternity care and infertility settings from the UK and beyond, and with an emphasis on personal reflection throughout, the book explores the subjects of:- Emotional well-being- Client-practitioner relationships- Infertility- Loss- Breast feeding- MotherhoodEmotions in Midwifery and Reproduction underlines the importance of emotions and how they are managed, experienced and negotiated in clinical settings, addressing issues that are frequently overlooked in the drive for efficiency and effectiveness in the health service. It is stimulating reading for all midwifery and nursing students and practitioners looking to understand their patients' and their own emotional needs.

Foreword; A.R.Hochschild Preface; P.Smith Introduction; R.Deery& B.Hunter PART I: EMOTION WORK IN MATERNITY CARE Relationship and Reciprocity in Caseload Midwifery; C.MCCourt& T.Stevens Women's Emotion Work in the Context of Industrialised, Institutionalised Maternity Services; N.Edwards Epidurals not Emotions: Implications of the Care deficit in US Maternity Care; D.Bone Community Midwifery 'Performances' and the Presentation of Self; R.Deery No Time to Care: Midwifery Work on Postnatal Wards in England; F.Dykes Midwives, Infant Feeding and Emotional Turmoil; S.Battersby PART TWO: EMOTION WORK AND INFERTILITY The Experience of Motherhood Following Successful Infertility Treatment; H.Allan& G.Finnerty Midwives' Experiences of Personal Pregnancy Related Loss; C.Bewley Uncertainty Around thePossibilityof Infertility as a Result of Chlamydial Infection;H.Piercy PART THREE: DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AWARENESS IN HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS 'Mixed Messages': Midwives' Experiences of Managing Emotions; B.Hunter Inner Knowing and Emotions in the Midwife-Woman Relationship; O.Olafsdottir Peeling Onions: Using Drama to Explore Emotion; K.Baker Emotion Work Around Reproduction: Supportive or Constraining?; M.Kirkham.