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

‘I was told they didn’t offer C-sections’ – the dangerous obsession with ‘natural births’

Amid recent maternity scandals, women are speaking out about not being listened to when having a baby – in some cases with terrible consequences

When the contractions start early we are caught unawares

The ceasarian was booked so we had to enter battle mode when it looked like labour had begun

‘You feel so sexless and dirty’: the women living with incontinence after childbirth

One in three women have trouble controlling their bladders or bowels after giving birth. Others must deal with tearing or prolapses

Repeated maternity failings uncovered in Sheffield NHS trust

Watchdog expresses concern over safety of mothers and babies days after damning Shrewsbury report