We’re not too posh to push, we’re terrified of the NHS, say mums as C-sections overtake natural births for first time

EMMA CUSDEN had always assumed she would give birth naturally. But once she became pregnant that calm assumption quickly ...

Stop Shaming Women Into Thinking A C-Section Is The “Wrong” Way To Give Birth

A year ago, an obstetrician sliced through several layers of fat and muscle, while I was wide awake on a hospital bed, and ...

Woman Recalls Giving Birth in a Carl's Jr. Parking Lot — and Deciding Whether to Name Her Baby in Honor of the Fast Food Chain

Carl’s Jr. sent Pilar Weidman a gift basket filled with baby items and gift cards after her son's May 2024 birth ...

Women should stop apologising for choosing caesareans

More women in the UK are now giving birth via caesarean section than vaginal birth. NHS Digital data published this week ...

The free birth influencers radicalising women around the world – Full Story podcast

Investigations correspondent Sirin Kale speaks to Reged Ahmad about why medical experts are warning about the dangers of the Free Birth Society, a multimillion-dollar business that promotes the idea o ...

There is a hidden cost to the NHS’s big push for caesarean births

As the NHS reveals that C-sections have overtaken natural births for the first time, mother-of-two Eleanor Mills says it’s ...

Woman Gives Birth in Carl's Jr. Parking Lot, Blames Husband: 'He Thought I Was Being Dramatic'

In the past month alone, unusual births have made headlines across the country: a baby girl nicknamed “Little Buc-ee” arrived ...

San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi

This week, the automated ride-hailing taxis went viral after a San Francisco woman gave birth inside a Waymo taxi while on ...
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Doctors' strikes will push maternity wards to a breaking point - and women will suffer the most

If the strike goes ahead, it will fall during one of the busiest periods for maternity wards, writes Anastasia ...
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Bakersfield woman gives birth days after learning she was pregnant

Bakersfield woman gives birth to full-term baby days after discovering pregnancy. Doctors call it one in a million case.

Watch out for the dominant US women’s bobsled team, a Vermonter qualifies, and other Olympics notes

Kaillie Armbruster Humphries won over the weekend for the first time since 2023, and she's got her eyes on another Olympic medal. Also: Vermont's Deedra Irwin qualified for her second Games.