Experience: I gave birth at 23 weeks
The consultant told us it was not routine to try to sustain the life of a baby born as early as ours, but for us it was simple: we wanted our daughter to have every opportunity to live
Italian government investigates after five pregnant women die in a week
Health ministry send teams to four hospitals in north of Italy, which has one of the world’s lowest maternal mortality rates
Want to know how to deliver a baby? There’s an app for that
Safe Delivery app provides instructions to health workers in remote areas on how to deal with complicated births, to help save the lives of mothers and babies
Call to review baby death rates at more than 20 NHS trusts and boards
Inquiry urges those with higher than average stillbirth and newborn death rates to examine their maternity care to see if mistakes were made
The woman who came to hospital and gave birth in a room alone
I had been taught that doctors had all the knowledge, power and skill. Yet, Chakki hadn’t done too badly on her own
How long will it take me to recover after giving birth?
In the age of celebrities flaunting flat stomachs weeks after giving birth, many women feel insecure about how long it takes them to heal. But a new study suggests it might take several months to get back to normal
Fastest mum on the road
Jessica Bruce, currently awaiting confirmation from Guinness World Records that she is the fastest buggy-toting marathon runner in the world, talks to Ronnie Haydon
Is perinatal anxiety a bigger problem than postnatal depression?
For many women, the main problem with giving birth is anxiety – and dealing with it quickly is the key to a good recovery. Is enough being done to spot it in time?
Better care could save hundreds of babies from stillbirth, says report
There are more than 1,000 stillbirths each year and out of a sample of 85, researchers found failures in the pregnancy care of half of them
More babies born to women 35 or older than under 25 for first time
There were 138,592 live births to women under 25 and 144,181 to women aged 35 and over last year in England and Wales, ONS figures show