Birth Options
Skill shortage may force women with breech babies into caesareans
Victoria's only specialist breech clinic has closed.
A reality check for midwifery
Educator Jessica Williams is investigating virtual reality's potential in midwifery training.
'Natural caesareans' give control back to mums, experts say
Efforts to make the caesarean deliveries as close to a vaginal birth as possible is giving control back to mothers.
Chewing gum could help with caesarean section recovery
Packing your hospital bag to have a baby? Then you must add one more item to the list – chewing gum.
Link found between obesity and failed epidurals
Losing weight before falling pregnant may save mums-to-be a world of pain during labour.
'I fear I'll be judged if I have a caesarean'
Isn't safely bringing a baby into the world enough, without having to worry about the "how"?
Stages of Labour
Is it safe to workout during labour?
Here's what the experts say.
Why I loved giving birth standing up
After three very different labours, I was hoping my fourth and final one would be the holy grail of labours.
Birth Stories
Doctor takes break from giving birth to deliver another woman’s baby
Both mums and babies are doing well.
The traffic stop that was anything but routine
When policewoman Candace Tongate went to work her night shift she didn't expect to be delivering a baby.
Is this the bravest, or silliest, woman in the world?
She clearly couldn't care less.
Postnatal Depression
'I don't matter now': The message new mums need to ignore
Instead of putting all the focus on the baby, new mums need support to look after themselves, writes Shevonne Hunt.
What no one tells new mums and dads about parenthood
Perinatal (that's the period while a woman is pregnant and the year after a baby is born) anxiety and depression affects one in six mothers and one in 10 fathers. Even more women experience a sense of overwhelm and loneliness that is not clinically diagnosable.
How Mother's Day can be extra hard when you have postnatal depression
Mother's Day can be tough when you're suffering from postnatal depression.
'She was enthralled by motherhood': husband's grief for wife who died after postpartum psychosis
The husband of a BBC Antiques Roadshow expert who died after suffering a post-pregnancy panic attack has opened up about his wife's suspected postpartum psychosis.
John Legend admits he was unprepared for wife Chrissy's PND
Singer John Legend is his wife's biggest fan, but he's revealed how he wasn't "emotionally prepared" to deal with her post-natal depression.
PND and the feelings that scared me most
"I was shocked and horrified that I'd had this thought. That's not me."