Maternity services set for more change as the NHS hits 70

Hospital births were once seen as the ideal in maternity services – now, women’s choice is driving policy

Don’t save it for the duchess. All new mothers should be treated like royalty

Rather than treating royal births as mundane events, why don’t we celebrate all the ordinary women who give birth, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Experience: I gave birth in an Uber

Although I was pretty out of it, I knew we weren’t going to make it to the hospital

Childbirth stories are the stuff of life. We should share them

We need stories about giving birth, in all their gore and glory. So why are we so slow in sharing them?

‘Society shrouds birth in shame’: challenging Instagram’s ban on women in labour

The social network removes graphic images of women giving birth, which it categorises alongside pornography. Can the Empowered Birth Project force a change of heart?

One Born Every Minute review – childbirth needs no added drama

It captures the emotions of childbirth well – but maybe manufactures a little too much tension when things start to go wrong

From periods to pregnancy – the sexual health crisis for Calais refugees

Female volunteers for Gynaecology Without Borders are providing urgent care for women in need

Serena Williams: I almost died after giving birth to my daughter

Serena Williams has written about the complications surrounding the birth of her daughter in an opinion piece for CNN

Do not intervene to speed up birth unless real risks involved, advises WHO

Women in labour are increasingly being subjected to unnecessary and unwelcome interventions such as caesarean sections, warns WHO

‘I knew I was in labour’ – why are women being turned away from hospital during childbirth?

As a number of women recount how they were mistakenly told to go home and wait, before giving birth on the pavement or in a lift, experts warn that more investment in early-labour care is needed