Every Week Counts towards the end of pregnancy

Tuesday 2nd July 2019

A new campaign wants to inform women of the benefits of waiting as long as possible before a planned birth

Twenty years ago, the majority of women in Australia gave birth at 40 weeks;…

“I felt I had made all the decisions”

Thursday 6th June 2019

A positive caesarean story

I had set my heart on a VBAC after having had an emergency c-section at 42 +1 first time round. The birth was to be in hospital as, for many reasons it…

Induction at 39 weeks? That’s a feminist issue.

Friday 10th August 2018

A new trial suggests routine early induction could reduce caesarean. What's not to like? asks Milli Hill

  A new piece of research from Washington University School of Medicine in…

Natural Caesarean – a decade on

Monday 30th July 2018

The pioneers of this groundbreaking approach tell us more

In 2008, Dr Nick Fisk, midwife Jenny Smith, and anaesthetist Dr Felicity Plaat, published an article in the BJOG entitled, “The Natural Caesarean: a…

“Strong enough to put my foot down”

Wednesday 25th July 2018

Danielle tells the story of how she took control of her birth

I had a really straightforward “textbook” pregnancy (aside from a bout of…

Watch Birth Films

Thursday 22nd March 2018

Watching women give birth can be a daunting prospect if you’ve never seen it before. We’ve hand selected some films which we think will inspire…

I believed I could, but…in the end…I didn’t.

Tuesday 13th February 2018

Clare Goggin writes about what matters to women when birth doesn't go to plan.

When I discovered I was pregnant with my first baby in August 2012, in many…