Discover more about the issues surrounding childbirth, premature babies and the calling of the midwife:
Baby problems
Got questions about pregnancy or childbirth? You can't do better than to ask a midwife.
Born too soon?
For premature babies, their family's background can mean the difference between life and death. Discover the effects of health inequality on those born too soon.
Delivering a career
They're often pigeonholed as the "people that deliver babies", but that's only part of the vital service they provide: what is a midwife?
Why will the doctor see you now?
Women have been giving birth for as long as there have been humans - and for most of that time without the need for hospitalisation. How and why has childbirth become a medical procedure?