In his own words: the midwife
David Cunningham: I'm very much a man's man. If you were going to pick a man who you thought would become a midwife, I'd probably be the last person you'd think of.
‘The safest method of birth is by caesarean’
The 'too posh to push' jibe about caesarean births belittles a genuine, well-considered choice for many women, write Nicholas Fisk and Sara Paterson Brown.
It’s a gas
So Sheila Kitzinger thinks we should be delivering babies naturally. I'll take the drugs, says Kate Ashley.
Too realistic to push
Emily Bell: The caesarean should be celebrated as a medical advance which has saved many lives - including mine, perhaps.
‘I was so completely traumatised by the fact that I hadn’t given birth’
Kate Winslet has admitted that having her first child by caesarean made her feel a failure. Lucy Atkins knows exactly what she means.
Return of the French revolutionary
Childbirth guru Michel Odent made his name in the 70s pioneering underwater births. Now, in his latest book, he warns that the soaring rate of caesareans will have dire consequences. He tells Dea Birkett why.
IVF babies ‘face higher risk at birth’
Babies conceived with the help of fertility treatment face a greater risk of problems at birth and have higher death rates, researchers say today.