Breastfeeding is linked to lower anxiety and depression over 10 years, a recent study suggests. The research followed 168 women from a Dublin maternity hospital, finding...
Women with two to three children live longest, while having more than four is linked to shorter lives, research on biological ageing suggests. The study also...
Up to 75 per cent of Australian women report concerns about their body image after giving birth, with many feeling pressure to “bounce back” to pre-pregnancy...
Caesarean births (surgical births) have overtaken vaginal deliveries in England for the first time, with 45 per cent of births now by caesarean, NHS data show....
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced the forthcoming “maternal morbidity indicator system” in its formal response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s...
Pregnant women who received a Covid-19 vaccine were far less likely to experience severe illness or deliver prematurely, according to a major new study. The research,...
The risk of women in England suffering severe post-birth bleeding has risen to its highest level in five years, prompting fresh concerns about NHS maternity care....
