Childbirth

Reports have just emerged of the smallest baby to survive - and doctors are calling her a fighter.

Is a C-section safer than a natural birth? North & South investigates.

It’s an ongoing debate – Caesarean section versus natural birth delivery – one which often presents both options as a choice for expectant mums. But sometimes, there’s no choice, other than the only one which will save lives. The issue is in the spotlight again this week, after a US woman published a Facebook post, […]

Easiest birth we've had

"I could feel my intestines outside my body": Michelle Wilkins was eight months pregnant when a stranger attacked her and her unborn child.

This has to be seen to be believed.

Families have been left devastated after a hospital blunder has left one newborn dead and another battling a suspected brain injury.

Amanda Bacon didn't shy away from sharing the painful and uncomfortable truth of giving birth.

Despite 1 in every 200 pregnancies ending in stillbirth, some feel the subject is still treated as taboo.

This World Blood Donor Day, we speak to Alisha Keoghan, 32, who was given a blood transfusion after the traumatic delivery of her first son.