My wife refuses to have sex following the traumatic birth of our second child

I try to be understanding, but after 18 months of her refusing to even talk about sex, I’m feeling downhearted

MPs to debate use of controversial vaginal mesh implants

Parliament will discuss risks associated with implants after women report debilitating complications, including perforated organs and chronic pain

Michel Odent: ‘How long can humanity survive now?’

Michel Odent has moved from being the benign natural-birth pioneer to a doomsayer predicting that caesarean sections will increase autism spectrum disorders and change humanity on an evolutionary level

‘A third of people get major surgery to be born’: why are C-sections routine in the US?

Caesareans have transformed from life-saving intervention into risky procedure performed for one in three births – and often geography is the deciding factor

Caesarean section late in labour increases risk of preterm birth next time

Women who have a late emergency surgery should be monitored as high risk for subsequent pregnancy, researchers say

Surgeons lacked caution in use of vaginal mesh implants, doctor admits

Head of Australia’s urogynaecological society says while women who suffered life-altering complications were ‘let down’, push to ban the devices are ‘hysterical’

Should you use ‘vaginal seeding’ if your baby is born by caesarean?

Some parents are embracing the emerging process of replenishing newborns with lost bacteria – but doctors are warning against it

It’s fine to talk about your abortion – but don’t mention your elective caesarean

The ‘normal birth’ campaign may have come to an end, but ‘natural’ childbirth is still seen as the ideal by far too many

Severe birth trauma has left me terrified of having another child

Normally associated with soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder affects 20,000 new mothers in the UK each year

It’s too late for my son, but the end of the campaign for ‘normal birth’ is welcome

The Royal College of Midwives has abandoned the ideology that may have contributed to many deaths, including that of my son, says patient safety campaigner James Titcombe