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"No two women are the same, no two births are the same, no two pregnancies are the same so I feel like everyone should be treated uniquely"

Derry woman, Christina Duddy, gave birth to her little girl Layla in her home on the 8th of September this year. The mum of two, also mum to baby Leo who is 18 months, was determined to give birth to her little girl at home after a quite traumatic ...

11 Oct 2022 at 18:33

Health & Wellbeing

What you need to know about menopause, as the UK’s first education programme announced

The UK’s first menopause education programme is in the works. Those behind the National Menopause Education and Support Programme said they hope it will give women reaching menopausal age a better understanding of changes happening in their ...

21 Aug 2023 at 14:37

MPs call for better aftercare for women who have traumatic births

MPs have called for greater support for women dealing with traumatic births after a Conservative shared her “terrifying” experience. Theo Clarke, the MP for Stafford, told The Times the care after two hours of surgery without general ...

07 Jul 2023 at 20:31

One in four babies in England delivered by Caesarean section, figures show

One in four babies born in NHS hospitals in England last year were delivered by Caesarean section, data shows. Experts said a gradual increase in Caesarean births over the past decade is down to a “growing number” of complexities, ...

16 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Epidurals cut risk of severe childbirth complications by 35%, research finds

Women who have an epidural during labour face a lower risk of severe complications during childbirth, according to a study. Making epidurals more widely available and providing more information to those who would benefit from one ...

22 May 2024 at 23:30

MP tells Commons of ‘terrifying’ moment she believed she would die in childbirth

An MP has described the “terrifying” moment she believed she was going to die in childbirth as she called on the Government to do more to help women who experience traumatic births. Conservative MP Theo Clarke (Stafford) ...

19 Oct 2023 at 14:54

Maternity care in England ‘deteriorating’

A health watchdog has sounded the alarm over a “concerning decline” in women’s experiences with maternity services. Fewer women feel they always got the help they needed during labour and birth, many were disappointed ...

11 Jan 2023 at 15:37

‘Sort out crisis in maternity care’, charity urges Government

A charity has called on the Government to “sort out the crisis in maternity care” as it warned many settings are failing to keep women safe. The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) also stressed that making sure birth is ...

21 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Life

TV star Louise Thompson: PTSD from nearly dying in childbirth left me in ‘utter hell’

Louise Thompson has revealed that attacks of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic childbirth often left her “screaming in bed” and paralysed. “I was completely unable to move. It was so awful. I ...

20 May 2024 at 10:12

Exercise can help cut risk of ‘baby blues’ – study

New mothers can reduce the risk of developing postnatal depression if they can find time to exercise for more than an hour every week, according to a new study. Exercising for at least 80 minutes each week could ...

07 Nov 2024 at 23:30

Scotland

More than half of women face incontinence decades after giving birth – study

A high proportion of women experience urinary and faecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse up to 26 years after giving birth, research has found. The study by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) found 61% ...

01 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Health & Wellbeing

Rumer Willis says she is ‘grateful’ to her body following birth of daughter

Rumer Willis says she is “grateful” to her body “for all that it did and continues to do” following the birth of her daughter. The US actress, daughter of Hollywood stars Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, said her ...

15 Aug 2023 at 09:34

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