Case study: Caesarean section - The side effects - The last two and a half years have been a nightmare since I was given an epidural which didn't work properly for my elective caesarean section. I nev...

Pregnant women: - Another group being given dangerous drugs - The very young and pregnant women are two groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. Trials have never been carried out to...

New foetal screening test risky for older mothers - Two leading London consultant obstetricians deplored the use of chorion villus sampling the new, earlier screening test for Down's syndrome on older w...

Pregnant women prescribed dangerous drugs - Women who are very young or pregnant are two population groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. This is because trials h...

Giving birth over 30 - The number of women giving birth over the age of 35 is steadily increasing. According to one estimate, by the year 2000, 40 per cent of births in the...

C-section aftershocks - In late September of this year, researchers in the US dropped a bombshell onto the cosy world of obstetrics. After analyzing the records of nearly six...

Older mums: healthier babies - Women who wait to have their first child beyond the standard cut-off age of 35 have an increasingly better chance of giving birth to a healthy baby, n...

Older mums avoid the tests - Older mothers are avoiding the prenatal tests of amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling even though they are free. ...