This extensively-illustrated new text provides an accessible introduction to obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia. Organised in three sections, part one covers the normal pregnancy and explains the basics of maternal physiology and pain pathways. This section also reviews evaluation of the foetus, procedures for caesarean sections and post-operative analgesia. Part two describes the action and clinical application of all the major classes of pharmacologic agents. Part three reviews common clinical scenarios such as pre-eclampsia, obesity, multiple gestation, and co-existing disease, as well as anaesthetic complications such as the compromised foetus, and neonatal resuscitation. This book is in the Clinical References series.