Women must receive clearer warnings about the potentially fatal risks of home birth and should only be supported by experienced midwives, experts have said. The calls...
An independent inquiry will be launched into Leeds maternity services following a parent-led campaign over care failures stretching back 14 years. Health secretary Wes Streeting said...
Women who breastfeed develop protective immune cells that help guard against breast cancer, with effects lasting for more than 30 years, new research shows. The study...
Psilocybin may heighten anxiety and depression in new mothers rather than help treat postpartum mental health conditions, research suggests. Scientists found that giving mouse mothers the...
A couple who set up a charity to support families experiencing pregnancy after baby loss wants to supply comfort boxes to every hospital in England. Amneet...
Depression and psychosis are more common in women after childbirth than before, while suicide attempts fall, according to two major studies in Sweden. Researchers analysed nearly...
Fourteen NHS trusts will have their maternity services investigated after long-running system failures, the government has confirmed. The investigations form part of a rapid review of...
A Birmingham simulation lab recreating emergency childbirth in a risk-free environment is changing how maternity staff train, according to the NHS. The unit at Birmingham Women’s...
By Tirza Jova, Founder & CEO, Milk by Mom Planning my first cross-country trip as a new mom, I pictured the airport obstacle course: hard cooler,...
A quarter of mothers on maternity leave do not return to work or quit within a year of going back, with 83 per cent blaming poor...
