Midwifery Essentials is a portable pocket reference for all midwifery students and practitioners. It has a women centred approach and focuses on facts, formulas and numeric values. Lists of strategies that the midwife can use to support a women during preganancy, labour and the postnatal period will be included. There will also be a section where the midwife can record details such as emergency numbers, pager numbers, details for using computer systems, etc.