A recent report revealing the shocking extent of traumatic birth incidents in the UK has – rightly – shone a light on the essential need for more robust NHS maternity services. 'In many of these cases ...

As Sheryl crouched on all fours in a birthing pool in a Yorkshire hospital, she became convinced her baby boy was going to die. Between the crippling contractions that felt like a hot knife through ...

Brittany Sharpe McCollum, childbirth educator and founder of Blossoming Bellies Wholistic Birth Services, shares her tips for an empowering labor and delivery. I want to make a birth plan. What should ...

Postnatal PTSD, or birth trauma, is a topic that is finally commanding mainstream attention. This is thanks, in part, to the acceleration of the online conversation on this matter, which includes ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Image courtesy of Paola Cerrito and Timothy Bromage. Depending on whom you ask, giving birth can be a miraculous, horrifying, incredible, painful, or primal experience. In most cases, it transforms ...