Families’ experiences of pre-birth child protection Jumping through hoops: Families’ experiences of pre-birth child protection Ariane Critchley Ariane Critchley, Edinburgh Napier University a.critchley@napier.ac.uk Author Biography: Ariane Critchley, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Ariane’s contribution to this collection draws on her doctoral study of child protection involvement with unborn babies. Her thesis Quickening Steps: An ethnography of pre-birth child protection was submitted to the University of Edinburgh for examination in 2018. Ariane is employed as a social work lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University.