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 million births, they advised that mothers should think twice before choosing a caesarean section...
Everywhere in the world, whenever a pregnant woman mentions home birth in front of her doctor, the most common reaction is, "It is a return to the past. What will you do if. . ." ...
A period of rest before the ‘pushing’ phase of labour is safe and even beneficial for both mothers and babies, say US investigators.
Photographs transmitted all over the world of prisoner 'Annette', from the notorious Holloway Prison in London, labouring in chains have caused us all to take stock of the penal system's treatment of pregnant women.
What Doctors Don't Tell You