Crouched down in a peaceful birthing pool, Meg Murray Jones assumed the birth of her firstborn would be as simple as her breezy pregnancy. But her labour took a dangerous turn when her baby son's ...
Presenter Sophy Ridge has revealed that she has been 'radicalised' by the experience of giving birth as she slams the 'shocking' state of maternal health care in the UK. The Sky News anchor and ...
Hundreds of women have contacted BBC News with their stories of experiencing trauma during childbirth - from their pain at not being believed, to being left bleeding and alone after their baby was ...
This week brings a very welcome focus on birth trauma, with the publication of the Birth Trauma Inquiry Report on Monday 13 May. The report draws together the personal birth stories of 1,311 women and ...
An inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity and postnatal care after finding poor care is "all-too-frequently tolerated as normal". The Birth Trauma ...
A parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma is calling for a national plan to improve maternity care as it found good care is “the exception rather than the rule”. The report, published on ...
The cross-party inquiry into birth trauma was led by a campaigner with first-hand knowledge of the issue, said The Guardian. When Theo Clarke, the Tory MP for Stafford, gave birth to her first ...