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...

Hard labour hard labour - Photographs transmitted all over the world of prisoner 'Annette', from the notorious Holloway Prison in London, labouring in chains have caused us all...

Letting mothers lead - What do mothers want from midwives? Over the years, I have been privileged to listen to many mothers. No matter what their age or experience most wan...

Caesarean: The mother is twice as likely to die - Women who have a Caesarean section delivery double their chances of dying or suffering a serious illness, a new study has discovered. They are also f...

Pregnancy and labour pains - Many women having babies complain of all sorts of aches and pains during pregnancy and after birth pains that seem all the more irritating because you...

Caesarean operations - The cutting edge? - Question: When is an operation not an operation? Answer: When it's a section. ...

Hi-tech births: no benefit - Most interventions during labour and birth are either unnecessary or downright harmful to mother and baby, according to a report presented at a recent...

Touching the life force - At this writing, the one of our two children I gave birth to has just turned 17, which caused a renewed reflection about how she chose to come into th...