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28-year-old gives birth to miracle baby on Christmas after not knowing she was pregnant

On Christmas morning in Zion, Illinois, 28-year-old Melanie Smith woke up thinking she had a bad stomach bug and ended the ...
Science Daily

Scientists discover how the uterus knows when to push during childbirth

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...
Health Service Journal

Patient Safety Watch: Leeds failures highlight the tragic costs of ‘normal birth’ ideology

We start this newsletter again with maternity safety. Last week, The Sunday Times published another powerful maternity exposé (subscription required), this time examining care failures at Leeds ...
THE WEEK

The controversial Free Birth Society

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...
Investing

Vimeo acquired by Bending Spoons US in $1.38 billion cash deal, delisted from Nasdaq

This acquisition will see Vimeo acquired for $7.85 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.38 billion. The deal, which has been unanimously approved by Vimeo’s Board of Directors, is ...
The Australian

How a dangerous ‘normal birth’ philosophy could put Australian babies at risk

Should pregnant Australian women be worried? Australia’s system of maternity care has a great deal in common with the British National Health Service. Could ideology be putting expectant mothers – and ...
Health Service Journal

Patient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt: I was told we had moved on from ‘normal birth’ ideology – I was misinformed

Good afternoon, and welcome to this fortnight’s edition of the Patient Safety Watch newsletter – this time from me, Jeremy. Is an end to dangerous ‘normal birth’ ideology finally in sight? Maternity ...
Deadline.com

Bob Odenkirk’s Action Movie ‘Normal’ Sets Spring Date, Will Be Magnolia Pictures’ Widest Release Ever

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures will be opening its Toronto Film Festival acquisition Normal on April 17, 2026 in 2,000 theaters, the distributor’s widest release in its 24-year history. Normal, which we ...
Independent Online

Is live streaming labour the new normal? Twitch streamer’s eight-hour birth raises questions

In what has to be one of the most bonkers things we’ve seen online this year, popular Twitch streamer Fandy decided to broadcast her home birth live to tens of thousands of viewers. Over eight hours, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Normal’ Review: Bob Odenkirk Fires on All Cylinders in Ben Wheatley’s Jaw-Droppingly Excessive Blast of a Crime Caper

The TIFF-premiering neo-Western about an interim sheriff who senses something amiss about a small Minnesota town also stars Henry Winkler and Lena Headey. By Michael Rechtshaffen If there was any ...
Reuters

Italy's Bending Spoons to take Vimeo private in $1.38 billion deal

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Video platform Vimeo, whose popularity surged during the pandemic, said on Wednesday it will be acquired by Italian app developer Bending Spoons for about $1.38 billion, a deal ...