In the bad old days – which from a demographer’s perspective means almost anywhere up to around the year 1800 – life really was nasty, brutish and short. The sheer lack of food meant that most ...

A new Nuffield Trust report shows that around one in five mothers attend A&E in the year after they give birth, while 6% have an emergency hospital admission. Black women, those from the most deprived ...

New analysis of 1.6 million births in England reveals that one in five women attend A&E in the year after giving birth – with ...

More than one in five mothers in England require emergency medical attention within a year of giving birth, with Black and young mothers disproportionately affected, a new report has revealed. The ...

So much of EB is invisible as people don’t see the hours of dressing changes, the wounds, or the constant pain Ralph lives ...

Darnell Towns-Gedeus was nine months pregnant with her second child when she went to the doctor for a routine checkup Jan. 5.

A new study suggests that the age at which a woman has her first baby may be linked to her risk of developing rheumatoid ...

Explore why Jammu and Kashmir's private hospitals have India's highest C-section rate, driven by various medical and social ...

The birth of a baby is celebrated as a moment of joy. But motherhood is not always warm and fuzzy. It can also be messy and ...

A dense epidural can blunt a mother’s urge to push, allowing the uterus to continue moving the baby through the birth canal without much voluntary effort. “Completely unrecognized delivery is uncommon ...

Michelle Welsh MP on giving birth in Nottingham and what needs to change within the NHS to stop women and babies from being ...

New mums say regularly practising pilates has been a “game changer” for childbirth and has helped them regain strength and ...