What’s the best bit of the UN? No 7: UN Population Fund
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My first labour was harrowing. Hypnobirthing made my second like a dream
First-time mothers can be terrified because they’re rushed through labour, but I overcame my fears with the help of this meditative practice
How many people should watch you give birth? The crowdbirthing conundrum
Women in their teens and 20s have an average of eight people in the room during the course of giving birth, a survey suggests – it might work for some, but there are a few key questions to consider
Crowdbirthing: do young mums really like to push in public?
According to a survey, twentysomethings’ appetite for sharing every aspect of their lives has made it on to the labour ward, with eight family members and friends in attendance at each birth
Eliminating intersex babies is not a legitimate use of genetic embryo testing
It is done to reinforce the inadequate sex binary and even to police non-heterosexual, queer attractions or acts
Bradley Wiggins, patronising? No, he paid mothers a massive compliment
Wiggins took a risk by comparing his record-breaking cycle to childbirth. But having had three children, I think he was just expressing the awe many men feel
The obsession with ‘natural’ birth is just another way to judge a woman
Judgments rain down on pregnant women – not least when they opt for a little medical assistance
Bereaved father uses his art to show how men share the pain of miscarriage
Artist stages ‘joyous and thought-provoking’ exhibition to raise awareness of how fathers deal with loss
Premature-birth researchers appeal for photographs of newborn babies
Images to be used in app to help doctors determine gestational age of children born in isolated regions and reduce unnecessary deaths
65-year-old German woman expecting quadruplets defends pregnancy
Annegret Raunigk, who has 13 children, says she is not scared by prospect of caring for young children at the age of 70 and beyond