How C4’s One Born Every Minute made childbirth a reality TV hit
Amid the screams, Channel 4's Bafta-winning series One Born Every Minute gives an educated and balanced view of childbirth
At the fertility supermarket
Yvonne Roberts: Describing a surrogate as a 'gestational carrier' is a new low in motherhood's commercialisation
Nicole Kidman announces birth of daughter born through surrogate
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban announce birth of Faith Margaret, born on 28 December in Nashville via a surrogate
Online IVF calculator will predict chances of fertility treatment success
Web resource based on five years of medical records aims to tell women their likelihood of giving birth with 99% accuracy
Midwife leader accuses GPs of discouraging home births
Some family doctors scaring mothers over comparative safety of hospital versus home deliveries
Midwives condemn ‘campaign against home births’
Researchers scare women into thinking home birth is not a safe option, says Royal College of Midwives
When it comes to parenting, fathers are not an optional extra
Charlie Swinbourne: Cricketer Jimmy Anderson has been criticised for taking paternity leave. But why should women shoulder the responsibility alone?
Torn apart by childbirth
For a few women in the UK, giving birth results in traumatic, life-changing injuries, reports Joanna Moorhead
More than one in 20 pregnant women severely obese
NHS is ill-equipped to cope with heavier mothers, increased health risks and higher likelihood of stillbirths
Maternity care improving – but more needs to be done
Most mothers happy with maternity care, but NHS must improve support during labour, birth and antenatal period, says watchdog