Women must be warned of home birth risks and have access to skilled midwives, experts say
Exclusive: Pregnancy experts warn of inadequate medical advice and lack of safe and reliable care
Pregnant women in England at ‘growing risk’ of serious injury in childbirth
NHS figures show number of mothers sustaining third- or fourth-degree perineal tear has increased by 16% since 2020
Experience: my babies were born seven weeks apart
After years of miscarriages, I had abandoned the prospect of giving birth. Then, as we prepared to conceive using a surrogate, the impossible happened
Deaf review – cinema as empathy machine as a deaf mother struggles with parenting issues
Angela’s apparently idyllic family life begins to fray when she becomes pregnant and the hearing world’s old prejudices are reawakened
‘I felt doomed’: social media guessed I was pregnant – and my feed soon grew horrifying
The algorithm knew I was expecting before I had had a chance to tell my family, friends or GP. At first, I was served up joyful videos. Then the tone became much darker ...
There are more C-section births in the UK than ever, so why is the stigma against them still so strong?
The punishing but enduring ‘too posh to push’ fallacy is still prevalent and judgment abounds. This has to change, says the author Hannah Marsh
Jean Robinson obituary
Campaigner for patients’ rights who exposed maternity care failings and triggered reform of the General Medical Council
‘Men are not expected to be interested in babies’: how society lets new fathers – and their families – down
Around one in 10 fathers experience serious mental health issues in the period before and after their child is born. What can be done?
The private pain of prolapse: six things I wish I’d known – from sex to exercise to mental health
Pelvic organ prolapse affects around half of all women, yet it is little understood and very rarely discussed. Here is what I found out after my diagnosis