Inquiry hears ‘harrowing’ testimonies and finds postcode lottery for quality of maternity care in England ...
Alice Ashburn's son Alfred was delivered using forceps after a five-day labour in 2019. When he was put on her chest, he was floppy and grey but it was only when he slid towards her neck that ...
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 ...
Every time I hear a story of a straightforward birth, envy whispers into my ear, reminding me of what I could have had. Instead of water births, natural labours, gas and air pain relief, quick ...
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 ...
An inquiry set up to discover why some women have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity and postnatal care. The Birth Trauma Inquiry, led by a cross ...
Pregnant women are being treated like a 'slab of 'meat, a damning report into the 'postcode lottery' of NHS maternity care ruled today. The UK's first parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma has ...
I will always carry a legacy from my traumatic birth - Gill Castle An inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity and postnatal care after finding poor care ...
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 ...