Some 45.1 per cent of women who gave birth in 2024/25 delivered their baby via caesarean, up from just 9 per cent in 1980.

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

Authorities across the country have issued warnings to the public about hiring unregulated attendants, and in some cases have ...

Newborns enter the world wailing like tiny alarm clocks, yet take their sweet time to laugh. Science says there’s a ...

There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a ...

More babies are being born by caesarean section in England than delivered naturally - without assistance - for the first time ...

In most Indian cultures, the day of one's birth is said to predict the child's personality, nature, and what destiny has in ...

The Olympic gold medalist, who kept her pregnancy under wraps, noted she’s “always dreamt of having children” and when her ...

Mock The Week star, Katherine Ryan, gave birth to her fourth child, Holland, two months ago and has already gone under the ...

A shot of vitamin K has been given to infants at birth in the US since the 1960s. More parents are turning it down, found a ...

As the Amos report into maternal and neonatal safety finds an unacceptable standard of care in many wards. Radhika Sanghani and Victoria Young look at what happens when care is found wanting – and how ...

LOW tox’ wellness influencer Stacey Hatfield bled to death hours after welcoming a baby body via ‘freebirth’ at home. The ...