New parents in the UK: what challenges are you facing?
We’rd like to hear from new mothers and fathers in the UK who are facing challenges, such as financial worries, health concerns or a lack of support
Acupuncture relieves back and pelvic pain during pregnancy, study suggests
Analysis shows significant benefits with no major side-effects for mother or baby but more trials needed ‘to confirm results’• [Update: the study on which this article reports was later withdrawn by the BMJ owing to ‘fundamental flaws’ in the research – see footnote]
‘I felt I was being assessed on my skin colour’: Black women around the world share their birth stories
From Rio to Reykjavik, London to Shanghai, Black women face a maternal health crisis. Six mothers share their stories of pregnancy, birth – and racism
Birthing women may feel fear, but it should not be about midwives and obstetricians
A disturbing trend has emerged in coverage of birth trauma, but medical professionals are not people parents should have to assert themselves against
Racism in UK maternity care risks safety of Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity women – study
Participants in charity’s year-long inquiry describe being ignored and feeling patronised and dehumanised
How will we count the cost of having a baby during a pandemic?
For everyone who went through a birth in the early days of lockdown, the longer-term effects and anxieties will take years to process, says Eva Wiseman
Everything I thought before the birth of my son now feels naive and misinformed
From non-mother to mother: the scale of the change is almost unspeakable, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Magic curtains and a 36-hour blur mark the arrival of our newborn daughter
Miraculous fluids, bad sandwiches, baby-juggling nurses… A hospital stay is a humbling affair
‘Just devastating’: the rarely discussed virtual taboo of losing a baby
Analysis: Experts say the death of Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez’s twin newborn highlights a very particular kind of grief
Relentlessly pushing the idea of ‘natural’ childbirth is an affront to pregnant women
The Ockenden report revealed fatal myths in maternity care. But their potent allure remains