How early is too early to be discharged from hospital after giving birth?
A longer post-birth stay in the wards could help many mothers, even if research remains inconclusive
Crisis in NHS maternity units revealed as 21 rated ‘substandard’
Care Quality Commission finds many services inadequate, needing improvement or shut over safety concerns
Test approved to detect preeclampsia, leading cause of US maternal deaths
FDA approves new test, which has been widely celebrated as a small victory in the fight to make childbirth safer in the US
What is Primodos and why were 100 UK families seeking compensation?
Concerns about birth defects first raised in 1960s but evidence for causal link to pregnancy test remains contentious
UK families lose bid for compensation over Primodos pregnancy test drug
High court rules there is insufficient new evidence of causal link between hormone-based test and birth defects
‘I didn’t even know men could get it’: the hidden impact of male postnatal depression
Postnatal depression affects up to 15% of new mothers, but studies suggest almost as many fathers also show symptoms – and little is being done to help them
Babies are dying because of NHS failings, poverty and inequality, charities warn
Maternity services need urgent improvement and investment to meet government target of halving stillbirths and neonatal deaths
Huesera: The Bone Woman review – bone breaking Mexican horror of post-partum depression
The anticipation Valeria feels about the approaching birth of her first child slowly turns into a sense of real fear
British Black women die in childbirth at an appalling rate. I’m tired of fighting a racist system in vain
Fixing this will require systemic change that goes way beyond healthcare, says author Candice Brathwaite
At long last, some recognition of the pain after childbirth. Why is women’s suffering so ignored?
Research shows opioid painkillers are unlikely to harm breastfed babies – but history shows how often women have had to sacrifice their own health, says historian Agnes Arnold-Foster