Forced adoption: Birth parents urged to give evidence to inquiry
Thousands of unmarried women in the UK say they had to give up their babies in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
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‘Giving birth left me needing a colostomy bag’
Former triathlete Kayleigh Adams endured a fourth-degree tear that led to her needing a colostomy bag.
The night my baby died as I gave birth in prison
from: BBC News Louise Powell says her baby died “due to errors” made after she went into labour in prison.
UK’s Princess Beatrice gives birth to a girl
The princess and her daughter are “doing well” and the Queen is “delighted”, Buckingham Palace says. from: BBC News
Giving birth under the Taliban
Pregnant women, new mothers and infants are bearing the brunt of a worsening healthcare crisis. from: BBC News
Folic acid to be added to UK flour to help prevent birth defects
from: BBC News It is estimated that fortifying flour with folic acid could prevent up to 200 birth defects a year.
Spanish woman sues after DNA test reveals birth swap error
Health authorities admit the woman was mistakenly switched with another baby at a hospital in 2002. from: BBC News
Buttler to miss fourth India Test for birth of second child
from: BBC News Jonny Bairstow will keep wicket for England at the Kia Oval as Jos Buttler awaits the birth of his second child.
Afghan refugee heading to UK gives birth at 30,000 feet
from: BBC News Soman Noori gives birth to baby girl Havva while flying to Birmingham, with no doctor on board.
Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards give birth days apart
from: BBC News Leigh-Anne Pinnock has twins, days before bandmate Perrie Edwards also welcomes a baby.
Afghanistan: Woman gives birth on US evacuation plane
The woman went into labour en route to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and gave birth on the plane. from: BBC News
Zimbabwe arrests after child bride dies giving birth at church shrine
Anna Machaya’s death at a church leads to calls for the government to end forced child marriage. from: BBC News
Malaysian singer dies of Covid days after giving birth
Siti Sarah Raisuddin never got to hold her newborn son, who was delivered via a three-hour surgery. from: BBC News
‘Smallest baby at birth’ home after 13 months in hospital
Kwek Yu Xuan weighed only 212g – the weight of an apple – when she was born in Singapore last year. from: BBC News
Outrage after Zimbabwean girl, 14, dies giving birth at church shrine
Memory Machaya’s death at a church leads to calls for the government to end forced child marriage. from: BBC News
Development and validation of a risk prediction model of preterm birth for women with preterm labour symptoms (the QUIDS study): A prospective cohort study and individual participant data meta-analysis
by Sarah J. Stock, Margaret Horne, Merel Bruijn, Helen White, Kathleen A. Boyd, Robert Heggie, Lisa Wotherspoon, Lorna Aucott, Rachel K. Morris, Jon Dorling, Lesley Jackson, Manju Chandiramani, Anna L. David, Asma Khalil, Andrew Shennan, Gert-Jan van Baaren, Victoria Hodgetts-Morton, Tina Lavender, Ewoud Schuit, Susan Harper-Clarke, Ben W. Mol, Richard D. Riley, Jane E. Norman,… Leggi tutto »
AMERICA/ARGENTINA – May the experience of the pandemic give birth to a new way of caring for immigrants and refugees
Buenos Aires – “More than a year has passed since the beginning of the global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected all of humanity. More than a year has passed since the people most affected were those who find themselves in vulnera…