Lack of vital drugs could put premature babies at risk, top doctor warns
Consultant obstetrician says NHS has had supply problems with medication used to boost lung growth
Antenatal classes could be held in schools
National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence say the US-style sessions would help teen mothers engage more with NHS services
My week: Dr Manu Vatish, obstetrician
My week: Ward rounds, teaching students – and a call-out at 4am on Saturday
Fifty years of the pill
Since it was introduced in 1960, the pill has been blamed for promiscuity, hideous side-effects and even destroying marriage. But the world's most popular oral contraceptive has also liberated millions of women. Is it time we showed our gratitude?
Acupuncture does not relieve childbirth pain, says study
Research suggests results from complementary therapy during labour may be placebo effect
A dad from day one
Khaled Diab: No argument against a father's presence in the delivery room will convince me that I should not have witnessed my son's birth
Women need choice, not caesareans
Belinda Phipps: Figures show the NHS's Maternity Matters programme is failing. Empowered mothers would choose fewer medicalised births
The beatnik turned natural birth expert
Viv Groskop meets a 'far-out' midwife who has become a guru to celebrities. But is delivering a breech baby feet first without pain relief really a good idea?
Home births: ‘Buy some black bin liners’
More women in Britain are giving birth at home, which a recent study suggests is as safe as going to hospital. Colin Gentry looks at the practicalities
Swine flu is just another pregnancy risk
Joanna Moorhead: The National Childbirth Trust is wrong to advise women to postpone pregnancy till the swine flu epidemic is over