Gill Thomson is Senior Research Fellow at the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit, University of Central Lancashire, UK.Virginia Schmied is Professor of Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University, Australia, and co-leads the Mother Infant and Family Health (MIFam) Research Network.

• Foreword by Soo Downe1. Introducing the s and focus Virginia Schmied and Gill Thomson2. Women with a diagnosed mental health problem Julie Jomeen, Susan E. Fleming and Colin R. Martin3. Asylum seekers and refugees. A cross European perspective Marie-Clare Balaam, Mel Cooper, Dineke Korfker and Charles Savona-Ventura 4. Working with Indigenous families Donna Hartz and Leona McGrath 5. Lesbian women becoming mothers Brenda Hayman 6. Women with a disability, transition to motherhood and the self Denise Lawler 7. Domestic and family violence Angela Taft and Leesa Hooker 8. Maternal substance use in the perinatal period Lucinda Burns, Victoria Coleman-Cowger and Courtney Breen 9. Women who are incarcerated Cathrine Fowler and Chris Rossiter 10. Giving birth earlier than expected. Mothers whose new-born requires neonatal intensive care Nancy Feeley 11. The ripple effects of a traumatic birth. Risk, impact and implications for practice Gill Thomson, Cheryl Beck and Susan Ayers12. Reproductive loss and grief Hannah Dahlen 13. Resilience and sustainability amongst maternity care providersBy Susan Crowther 14. Interprofessional collaboration. A crucial component of support for women and families in the perinatal period Kim Psaila and Virginia Schmied15. Drawing the threads together Gill Thomson and Virginia Schmied

Gill Thomson is Senior Research Fellow at the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit, University of Central Lancashire, UK.Virginia Schmied is Professor of Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University, Australia, and co-leads the Mother Infant and Family Health (MIFam) Research Network.

• Foreword by Soo Downe1. Introducing the s and focus Virginia Schmied and Gill Thomson2. Women with a diagnosed mental health problem Julie Jomeen, Susan E. Fleming and Colin R. Martin3. Asylum seekers and refugees. A cross European perspective Marie-Clare Balaam, Mel Cooper, Dineke Korfker and Charles Savona-Ventura 4. Working with Indigenous families Donna Hartz and Leona McGrath 5. Lesbian women becoming mothers Brenda Hayman 6. Women with a disability, transition to motherhood and the self Denise Lawler 7. Domestic and family violence Angela Taft and Leesa Hooker 8. Maternal substance use in the perinatal period Lucinda Burns, Victoria Coleman-Cowger and Courtney Breen 9. Women who are incarcerated Cathrine Fowler and Chris Rossiter 10. Giving birth earlier than expected. Mothers whose new-born requires neonatal intensive care Nancy Feeley 11. The ripple effects of a traumatic birth. Risk, impact and implications for practice Gill Thomson, Cheryl Beck and Susan Ayers12. Reproductive loss and grief Hannah Dahlen 13. Resilience and sustainability amongst maternity care providersBy Susan Crowther 14. Interprofessional collaboration. A crucial component of support for women and families in the perinatal period Kim Psaila and Virginia Schmied15. Drawing the threads together Gill Thomson and Virginia Schmied

Gill Thomson is Senior Research Fellow at the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit, University of Central Lancashire, UK.Virginia Schmied is Professor of Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University, Australia, and co-leads the Mother Infant and Family Health (MIFam) Research Network.

• Foreword by Soo Downe1. Introducing the s and focus Virginia Schmied and Gill Thomson2. Women with a diagnosed mental health problem Julie Jomeen, Susan E. Fleming and Colin R. Martin3. Asylum seekers and refugees. A cross European perspective Marie-Clare Balaam, Mel Cooper, Dineke Korfker and Charles Savona-Ventura 4. Working with Indigenous families Donna Hartz and Leona McGrath 5. Lesbian women becoming mothers Brenda Hayman 6. Women with a disability, transition to motherhood and the self Denise Lawler 7. Domestic and family violence Angela Taft and Leesa Hooker 8. Maternal substance use in the perinatal period Lucinda Burns, Victoria Coleman-Cowger and Courtney Breen 9. Women who are incarcerated Cathrine Fowler and Chris Rossiter 10. Giving birth earlier than expected. Mothers whose new-born requires neonatal intensive care Nancy Feeley 11. The ripple effects of a traumatic birth. Risk, impact and implications for practice Gill Thomson, Cheryl Beck and Susan Ayers12. Reproductive loss and grief Hannah Dahlen 13. Resilience and sustainability amongst maternity care providersBy Susan Crowther 14. Interprofessional collaboration. A crucial component of support for women and families in the perinatal period Kim Psaila and Virginia Schmied15. Drawing the threads together Gill Thomson and Virginia Schmied