Birth Options
Why didn't anyone tell me a c-section would give me a lower belly 'shelf'?
Beyoncé calls it a 'FUPA.'
Mum shares traumatic experience of C-section without anaesthesia
"He continued to cut me through my screams."
Mum reported for driving one week after c-section has licence suspended
The move made it difficult for the first-time single mum to visit her premature baby in ICU.
'Every experience is different': what sex is really like after childbirth
There is no 'normal' when it comes to sex after childbirth.
What are the best gifts to give your midwife?
When you want to say more than just thank you.
I was set on a natural birth, then I needed a surprise C-section
I simply had to let go.
Stages of Labour
Birth video shows Barry Hall supporting Lauren Brant in labour
Of her shared birthing experience with Hall, Brant said it was, "A dance of the most deeply connected and energised teamwork".
Amazing MRI images show exactly how a baby's head changes in the birth canal
It's thought to be the first time foetal head moulding has been captured.
Birth Stories
Why I'm glad I didn't give birth until 60 hours after my water broke
If contractions don't start within a 24 hour window, doctors typically start intervening. Not so in France.
Boogie baby! Newborn boy delivered on dance floor in French nightclub
A baby boy has shown he has all the surprise moves arriving on a nightclub dance floor.
Grandmother delivers a second grandchild five years after the first
"I never imagined it would happen again!"
Postnatal Depression
New mum who had PTSD told mental health issues 'not serious enough'
"I needed help and was not scared to ask for it. The whole experience really added to my trauma," she said.
'Horrifying images': Alanis Morissette speaks about her third battle with postnatal depression
"It's a funny thing, to attempt to see clearly in a sandstorm with no goggles," Morissette wrote.
Alanis Morissette opens up about PND with baby number three
"I have been here before," the singer wrote.
The day postpartum depression stole my husband
Paternal mental illness is underdiagnosed is because it often appears differently from women.
One day I was fine, the next I was having the darkest thoughts of my life
Soon after the birth of my son depression struck. But there was a silver lining.
First versus third: How perfectionism (almost) went out the window
Feeling a range of emotions, both positive and negative, is a common experience of re-adjustment for mums new and seasoned.