Midwives warn further cuts will put women’s safety at risk
Maternity units, already under-staffed and over-stretched, expect further job losses, Royal College of Midwives survey finds
China cuts childbirth mortality rate by promoting hospital births
Deaths of mothers and babies fall by almost two-thirds after programme offering women money for hospital deliveries
Why we should trust instinct over technology
New parents are turning to apps and websites. But one sceptic thinks we should trust our instincts
Antenatal care goes two-tier as NCT classes boom and NHS classes are cut back. But who’s suffering most?
Lucy Rock: Concerns that mothers on low incomes may lose out are matched by questions about the NCT's firm belief in natural childbirth
Learning to love my baby
After a life-threatening pregnancy and a premature birth I was scared to hold my newborn daughter – or to get too attached
Job prospects linked to low birth weight and childhood illness, study says
Research finds those at top of career healthier as infants while lower birth weight could mean smaller paycheck
Women’s health: Special delivery
Editorial: The government took a tiny decline in last year's birth statistics as an excuse for putting off recruiting more midwives
Frederick Leboyer: ‘Babies are overlooked in labour’
In the 1970s this French obstetrician enraged the medical profession by suggesting a baby had 'rights' during labour. Despite initial resistance, his ideas for less medicalised birth changed the face of the labour ward
Breastfeeding by UK mothers rises from 76% to 81%
Figures show healthier trend, but official infant feeding survey finds great variations across regions and socio-economic groups
World Blood Donor Day: Giving blood, saving lives
To mark World Blood Donor Day, Rachel Dixon donates for the first time. Meanwhile, we hear the stories of five recipients