Emeritus professor of obstetrics at the University of Edinburg, Rosemary Mander, deals with pregnancy, birth and puerperium and pain that all these periods, as well as pain that the fetus and newborn child can feel. The concept of "pain" is elaborated here and in detail. In the text, the author presents the theoretical approaches to understanding pain and its control, which is based on the results of many research. Unlike some other books, however, there is also the possibility that medical intervention may in some cases have a negative impact and, on the contrary, worsen the pain. The book Pain in Childbirth will be an invaluable assistant for midwives and many other professions whose members want to help women as much as possible to deal with the experience of birth and associated pain.