Bethanie Parsons vividly remembers the moment she realised something had gone terribly wrong during the birth of her first ...

Clinging to the edge of the bed on the postnatal ward, I deployed a syringe of morphine into my mouth as I braced myself to move. The ward bathroom was only about 10ft from where I was stood, but it ...

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When Sophie Dicks went into labour a few days before a scheduled caesarean in November 2023, she prepared herself for the natural birth she had been hoping for. Having had a C-section for her first ...

In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions around childbirth. One mother’s story ...

A growing coalition of conservatives are speaking out against hormonal birth control, while promoting a more “natural” alternative. A growing coalition of conservatives are speaking out against ...

Australia-based nutritionist and social media influencer Stacey Hatfield has died from complications after bearing her first child, her husband announced on Sunday, Oct, 19. "Its with heavy heart that ...

Stacey Hatfield, an Australia-based nutritionist and food influencer, has died from complications after having a childbirth at home. She was 30. Her husband Nathan Warnecke announced her passing on ...

A nearly 90-degree bend is significant. I emailed a few questions to Prof. Dr. Ahmed T. Hadidi of Germany’s Hypospadias Center, and he clarified that while “it is rather impossible to have traditional ...