This reflective piece was written after Hannah Rogers had attended the 2015 MBRRACE-UK launch, where the surveillance of maternal deaths in the UK 2011-13 (Knight et al 2015) was published and presented. During one presentation, the speaker used a phrase in relation to women who led socially complex lives, which prompted an emotional response in Hannah, and made her consider the phrase and its
... [Show full abstract] implications at some length. This article describes Hannah’s thoughts and feelings on this, while outlining the challenges we face when caring for women with social complexities.