1. The childbearing continuum: what are the issues around food and drink for labouring women? / Penny Champion and Carol McCormick -- 2. Cultural and historical perspectives on eating and drinking in labour / Carol McCormick and Penny Champion -- 3. Labouring over food: the dietician's view / Ann Micklewright and Penny Champion -- 4. Changes in maternal food appetite and metabolism in labour and the shift from fetal to neonatal metabolism / Mary McNabb -- 5. Eating and drinking in labour: the consumer's view / Louise Pengelley -- 6. Putting the evidence into practice / Penny Champion and Carol McCormick -- Appendix. Nottingham City Hospital policy guidelines for feeding women in labour