Home or hospital? A Guardian roundtable debate on where to give birth
Despite recent research which shows home births can be just as safe as those in hospitals, many mothers-to-be in England are not offered a choice
December 2010
Torn apart by childbirth
For a few women in the UK, giving birth results in traumatic, life-changing injuries, reports Joanna Moorhead
November 2010
Birth trauma is not a soap opera
Too scared to push: big rise reported in birth trauma
March 2010
'I have a phobia of pregnancy'
Even seeing a heavily pregnant woman terrifies her, but now Jessie Hewitson is pregnant herself. She explains how she is managing
September 2007
Call to offer water births to all pregnant women
All expectant mothers should be offered water births, which are the safest form of pain relief during labour, the health watchdog said today.
March 2006
Why mothers should be offered caesareans
Is the ideal of a 'natural childbirth' a myth, driven by an NHS desire to save money? In this personal and passionate article our Health Editor says that it's time for women to consider surgical births as the best for mother and baby.
August 2004
NHS Caesareans stay as watchdog does a U-turn
Pregnant women will have the right to a Caesarean birth on the NHS even if there is no medical reason for it, say government experts who have backtracked from plans to restrict the operations.
