Birth

Caroline de Costa has been an obstetrician for decades. This is what she wants you to know about birth.

"Am I splitting in two?" The 29 things we're really thinking while giving birth.

"His entrance was intense and it was beautiful." Alex Nation announces the arrival of her baby boy.

From ‘in and out’ of hospital to 40 days of rest: The reality of having a baby in 7 different countries.

"I felt unsafe around my baby": We need to talk about the reality of birth trauma.

Zoe Marshall's "wild" birth story was one chapter in the mayhem that has been her fourth trimester.

The 'pre-baby bucket list': 7 things I took for granted before I had a baby.

Zoe and Benji Marshall welcome their baby girl, after years of fertility struggles.

"More than we could have ever imagined." Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have welcomed their second child.

I interviewed women about their birth stories. Here's what no one told me... until now.

Jessie Stephens

"I was told I had taken the easy way out." We need to talk about C-section shaming.

15 women share what actually happened between the moment their water broke and giving birth.

My Birth Story: “I grieved twice for my baby before she was born at just 26 weeks.”

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: A strange man in a leather jacket watched me give birth.

Holly Wainwright

"I bled through my hospital bed." Exactly what happened to my body after a baby.

'My water birth was wonderful. It was the obstetrician who left me traumatised.'

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