Experience: I carried a twin in each of my wombs The medical staff had never seen anything like it. They told us the chances were one in 50 million
Peter Dunn obituary Pioneer of perinatal medicine who brought about dramatic improvements in the survival chances and wellbeing of babies
Three families, one sperm donor: the day we met our daughter’s sisters Every year, thousands of British children are conceived with the help of donor sperm. But few ever meet their siblings...
My partner is pregnant – and the cost of giving birth in the US is stressing me out It is the most expensive country in the world to have a baby, there is no way of knowing the bill in advance, and you can potentially be charged just for holding your newborn, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Pregnant women going for scans alone told they cannot film baby Exclusive: NHS urged to act after survey finds some women wrongly warned taking photos is illegal
A baby in a pandemic isn’t great, but there have been blessings My parents didn’t get to hold their newborn grandson, but my partner and I shared care of him for months
The natural birth cultists care little about leaving women in agony The horrors found by the Ockenden report are not alas confined to one maternity unit
‘Women feel they have no option but to give birth alone’: the rise of freebirthing As Covid infections rose, hospital felt like an increasingly dangerous place to have a baby. But is labouring without midwives or doctors the answer?
Distressed mother separated from breastfed baby for days during hospital stay Hospital admits breaking own Covid policy as mothers like Charlotte Jones are being needlessly kept apart from their babies
Lives of mothers and babies left in danger at Nottingham University hospitals trust – report Care Quality Commission downgrades trust’s maternity services to inadequate