Fear of Childbirth Impairs Breastfeeding Success
Fear of childbirth is associated with shorter duration of breastfeeding: The duration of breastfeeding is shorter than average among mothers…
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Epidural: Associated with reduction in severe maternal health complications
Receiving an epidural during labour is associated with a significant reduction in severe maternal morbidity (serious health problems during childbirth…
Every two minutes a woman dies
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by…
Scientists to help pregnant women make childbirth choices
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have been awarded almost £1 million to fund research looking into how pregnant women…
Water injections to relieve labour pains
Water injections could be used to relieve labour pains. The effectiveness of using sterile water injections for labour contraction pain…
Global shortage of 900,000 midwives
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives: Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds…
The boon of midwifery
Midwifery has a very important role to play in helping to solve some really big problems that affect women and…
Bs for later babies
Mums are choosing to have their babies later in life. As a GP, I see a growing number of women in…
Familiarity breeds strong immune systems
TJ: In a recent article titled ‘’The future of neonatal BCG’’ (1), you suggest that, from bacteriological and immunological perspectives,…
Posh hospitals for a better birth?
The BBC2 TV series, Five Star Babies: Inside the Portland Hospital, professed to be an ‘exclusive glimpse inside the UK’s…
The crisis in Cambodia
In 2012, when we founded Hospitals Beyond Boundaries (HBB), a tiny non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Malaysia, only few youths…
Beating the clock – inducing labour
Having a baby is the most natural thing in the world. Or is it? Today’s new mothers are more likely…