Midwives experiences of providing midwifery care following their involvement in an obstetric emergency

A core aspect of midwifery practice is being ‘with woman’. This requires the midwife to be physically and emotionally invested in the care of the woman at all times (Carolan and Hodnett, 2007; Leinweber and Rowe, 2010). A review of international literature in relation to midwives experiences following obstetrical adverse events indicated a necessity for further study. Whilst, there have been numerous studies which have focused on the negative experiences of birthing from the woman's perspectives, midwives experiences of providing care following an obstetric emergency have received little investigation (Jeffers, 1987; Dahlen, 2010; Leinweber and Rowe, 2010; Ramvi, 2011; Handlezalts et al., 2015).