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Dear Colleagues I am a midwife researching women's experiences of emergency caesarean section. In the UK an emergency caesarean is broadly defined as one that was performed during labour / was not planned (although sub-categories are recommended when documenting the urgency of the procedure, described in recent guidance: www.nice.org.uk/CG013fullguidline). However, when reading the literature around emergency caesarean, it is clear that there are international differences regarding how this mode of delivery is defined. It would be really helpful if colleagues around the world could enlighten me in terms of how "emergency caesarean" is defined where you work. If you know of any literature that debates the definition, I would be really interested to have the reference. many thanks Helen Baston Lecturer/Researcher Mother & Infant Research Unit University of Leeds UK