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Anna M. Brown, Kath Lawton, Lauren Brown; Victoria Walker, Lucy Jane, Paruit Cass (midwives); and Emily and Victoria (women)

This exploration of the ‘with woman’ concept stems from a need to understand the perceptions of women and midwives of its meaning. It is hoped that a broader understanding of the concept will encourage midwives to work towards engagement with women to fulfil the true meaning of the concept. Hunter (2002) suggests that the ‘with woman’ concept involves emotional, physical, spiritual and psychological events or phenomenon and its meaning fluctuates according to process, behaviour or environment towards the purpose that its serves (Rodgers 1989; Higgins et al. 2017).

Higgins et al. (2017, p. 30) identified that many concepts in healthcare can have different meaning to individual professions and likewise to the patients themselves, ‘shaped by the relationship between the patient and the provider and the environment in which healthcare delivery takes place’. In bringing together a mutual understanding, by midwife and woman, it will improve the process and outcomes or consequences of the concept. In addition, a brief historic review will place the ‘with woman’ concept in its context.