Established "economic cooperation": occupiers from the Zaporozhye region pull trucks with grain and vegetables to Crimea
In the Zaporozhye region, “economic cooperation” of the occupied territories with Crimean entrepreneurs is being strengthened. From the city of Pologi, grain and sunflower seeds, which are…
More than 40 days of hell: a midwife from Chernihiv helped 136 babies be born during the fighting
Today is International Day of the Midwife. Congratulations doctors! And today there is a war going on in Ukraine. And, unfortunately, children appear in conditions of mortal…
Without electricity, water and gas in her own apartment: a 21-year-old woman spoke about childbirth in occupied Bucha
A resident of Bucha, 21-year-old Anna Timchenko, gave birth at home under shelling by the Russian army. The girl was in the maternity hospital in Kyiv on…
What no one tells you about morning sickness during pregnancy
Learning she was pregnant, almost seven years ago, Charlotte Howden felt happy and excited. She even hoped for a touch of pregnancy nausea and sickness, “because we’re…
The TV show that busts the myth that home births are for hippies
Allerton in Bradford is pronounced ‘Ollerton’. Except in Yorkshire Midwives on Call (BBC Two), where the narrator keeps saying it wrong. Look, I know it’s a little…
Our obsession with ‘natural birth’ is failing mothers and their babies
Afterwards, a healthy baby wrapped beside me, all I felt was wonder and gratitude. My daughter’s birth seemed miraculous, every single person involved a saint. The NHS…
The maternity report that proves the NHS is not a national treasure – it’s a national disgrace
What will it take for this country to extract itself from a frankly abusive, co-dependent relationship with the bullying, sometimes downright dangerous NHS? How about 300 dead…
How a NHS nurse turned surrogate to give Tom Davis and his wife the baby they had always longed for
A BBC sitcom actor and his wife who were told they would never be parents have had a baby after one of their NHS nurses offered to…
India’s maternal mortality rates are in decline – but rural communities create a ‘puzzling’ picture
The number of women dying in childbirth across India continues to fall, but experts have warned that “puzzling” national figures hide vast inequalities between states, while the…
Every mother has an NHS horror story – but we are too afraid to complain
In the company of other young mothers, I mention none of these things. I prefer to stay silent. Partly out of embarrassment and partly out of fear….
Chewing sugar-free gum cuts premature birth risk
Premature babies are more likely to have chronic health issues such as infections, asthma and feeding problems, as well as being at greater risk of sudden infant…
Chewing gum in pregnancy cuts risk of premature birth by nearly a quarter
Sugar-free chewing gum can help prevent premature birth and babies with low birth weights, a new study suggests. The simple intervention in pregnant women was found to…
The record £2.8m NHS payout couple on why their fight isn’t over
An internal report in 2016 originally found its staff had done nothing wrong and that an infection had led to Harriet’s death. “There were no infectious agents…
Covid vaccine does not raise risk of stillbirths or complications
Professor Lucy Chappell, the department of health’s chief scientific adviser and honorary consultant obstetrician, said: “This pandemic has created a lot of fear and uncertainty for those…