#childbirth — Public Fediverse posts

Waves Turn review – the exhausting, joyful, boring, wondrous realities of new motherhood
By Cath Clarke

Josephine Ahnelt’s gentle but truthful documentary has home-movie intimacy and some incredibly touching moments

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/18/waves-turn-review-wellen-wende-motherhood

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Parentsandparenting #Childbirth #Austria #Culture #Family #Women #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS's maternity services | Julia Sanders
By Julia Sanders

It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity services

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/nhs-maternity-care-crisis-reports-yvette-cooper-women

#Childbirth #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #Women #Society #YvetteCooper #Maternalmortality #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Politics #TheGuardian #JuliaSanders

I thought having a second baby would be easier – but, from food to teeth to poos, I’ve forgotten so much | Bim Adewunmi
By Bim Adewunmi

My mum has been a huge help with the practical stuff. She’s also stirred up memories of my own blissfully bored childhood

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/second-baby-parenting-food-teething-poos

#Pregnancy #Family #Children #Lifeandstyle #Parentsandparenting #Society #Childbirth #Breastfeeding #TheGuardian #BimAdewunmi

A new chapter part of #Hachinan has been released.

Read it on https://infinitenoveltranslations.net/hachinan-tte-sore-wa-nai-deshou-volume-23-chapter-4-part-4/ for free!

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The culture surrounding ‘ideal’ childbirth has to evolve | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Molly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her personal experience of feeling ‘othered’

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/09/the-culture-surrounding-ideal-childbirth-has-to-evolve

#Childbirth #Pregnancy #Women #Health #NHS #Midwifery #Doctors #Parentsandparenting #Society #Family #Healthwellbeing #YvetteCooper #Labour #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
By Natalie Morris

Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/labour-ideal-birth-women-yvette-cooper-maternity-reforms

#Womenshealth #Childbirth #Hospitals #Society #YvetteCooper #Politics #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #UKnews #TheGuardian #NatalieMorris

A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/a-child-of-my-own-review-true-crime-fake-pregnancy #Film #DocumentaryFilms #ParentsAndParenting #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Culture #Family #CrimeFilms

A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion
By Phil Hoad

Candy-coloured recreations of one woman’s pregnancy unravel as dark truths are revealed in Maite Alberdi’s intimate docudrama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/a-child-of-my-own-review-true-crime-fake-pregnancy

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Parentsandparenting #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Culture #Family #Crimefilms #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Women must not feel pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper
By Jessica Elgot

Exclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/05/women-must-not-feel-pressure-to-have-ideal-birth-says-yvette-cooper

#Hospitals #YvetteCooper #NHS #Womenshealth #Pregnancy #Health #Society #Politics #UKnews #Childbirth #TheGuardian #JessicaElgot

Giving birth in Serbia: ‘You leave your dignity at the door’.

A months-long DW investigation into childbirth in Serbia revealed a striking pattern in women’s negative experiences, the widespread use of practices not universally recommended by the WHO and a system under pressure.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260731-giving-birth-in-serbia-you-leave-your-dignity-at-the-door?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Serbia #Childbirth #Maternity #Healthcare #Women

I started litter picking on maternity leave: It turned into founding an organisation

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/29/started-litter-picking-maternity-leave-turned-founding-organisation-29208857/

Daytime TV Politics and the Social Care Abyss: Why Prime Minister Burnham’s Cross-Party Table Is Missing the Point by Lawson Akhigbe

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/29/daytime-tv-politics-and-the-social-care-abyss-why-prime-minister-burnhams-cross-party-table-is-missing-the-point-by-lawson-akhigbe/

Amid the social and political panic about falling birthrates, why not ask new mothers what they think? | Lucy Jones
By Lucy Jones

New research reveals deep anxieties. Medals and cash bonuses have been mooted as incentives, but the real need is for women to have their feelings valued

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/panic-falling-birthrates-new-mothers

#Childbirth #Healthwellbeing #Mentalhealth #Health #Women #Family #Children #UKnews #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LucyJones

Woman built Chicago’s first postnatal luxury retreat for parents. She thought of everything.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/woman-built-chicagos-first-postnatal-luxury-retreat-for-parents-she-thought-of-everything/

A new chapter part of #Hachinan has been released!

Check it out at https://infinitenoveltranslations.net/hachinan-tte-sore-wa-nai-deshou-volume-23-chapter-4-part-3/ for free!

Enjoy~

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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒👶 A new #study using #3D pelvic scans across 29 primate species overturns a decades-old assumption that #humans have the toughest births.

Researchers found that squirrel #monkeys and #tamarins give birth to #babies with heads roughly double the size of the maternal #birth canal. These species get around the problem with temporary pelvic bone dislocation or open pelvises held together by stretchable connective tissue.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-07-primates-tougher-births-humans.html

#primates #childbirth #evolution #biology #science #tamarins #obstetrics #adaptation #mammals #anthropology #nature #research

‘My birth was unbearable’: The NHS hospitals keeping radiators on in the heatwave

Last month, my father spent two weeks as an inpatient in a south-west London hospital where he was…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #childbirth #ClimateChange #FEATURES #Health #healthcare #Heatwave #Hospitals #Hotweather #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/689567/

A new chapter of #Hachinan has been released!

Check it out at https://infinitenoveltranslations.net/hachinan-tte-sore-wa-nai-deshou-volume-23-chapter-4-part-2/ for free!

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Author of England maternity care review ‘listened to wrong voices’, says adviser https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/01/valerie-amos-review-maternity-care-england-report-normal-birth-bill-kirkup #HealthPolicy #WomensHealth #Nhs #Hospitals #Midwifery #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Health #UkNews #Women #England

A US champion of ‘freebirthing’ always claimed there had been no maternal deaths linked to the movement. Is Stacey Warnecke the first?
By Sirin Kale and Melissa Davey

Guardian investigation exposes full links between a US business linked to baby deaths around the world and Australian ‘birth keeper’ Emily Lal, the central witness at the inquest into the death of a Melbourne wellness influencer

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/30/freebirth-wellness-influencer-stacey-warnecke-death-ntwnfb

#Childbirth #Melbourne #Victoria #Australianews #Health #Health #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Healthwellbeing #Womenshealth #SirinKale #MelissaDavey

England to get powerful maternity commissioner after ‘shocking’ failings https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/30/england-maternity-commissioner-shocking-failings-amos-review #HealthPolicy #Childbirth #Women #England #Nhs #MaternityPaternityRights #Health #Pregnancy #JamesMurray #UkNews

Transparency, standards and a new commissioner – but does the maternity review go far enough? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/30/transparency-standards-commissioner-amos-maternity-review #Health #UkNews #Women #Society #Pregnancy #HealthcareIndustry #Nhs #Childbirth

How a Melbourne woman's death is shining light on the dangers of non-medical births - podcast
By Presented by Reged Ahmad with Melissa Davey and Sirin Kale, produced by Karishma Luthria, Miles Herbert and Lu Hill, who also did the sound design and mix. The executive producer is Hannah Parkes

In September 2025, Melbourne wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke decided to give birth at home, free of all medical help. No one else was present when she went into labour except her husband and a woman named Emily Lal. Warnecke later died in hospital.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/jun/29/freebirth-inquest-melbourne-influencer-death-home-birth-full-story-podcast

#Childbirth #Health #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Womenshealth #Australianews #Healthwellbeing #Melbourne #Victoria #PresentedbyRegedAhmadwithMelissaDavey #SirinKale #producedbyKarishmaLuthria #MilesHerbert #LuHill #whoalsodidthesounddesign #mixTheexecutiveproducerisHannahParkes

How a Melbourne womans death is shining light on the dangers of non-medical births - podcast
By Presented by Reged Ahmad with Melissa Davey and Sirin Kale, produced by Karishma Luthria, Miles Herbert and Lu Hill, who also did the sound design and mix. The executive producer is Hannah Parkes

In September 2025, Melbourne wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke decided to give birth at home, free of all medical help. No one else was present when she went into labour except her husband and a woman named Emily Lal. Warnecke later died in hospital.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/jun/29/freebirth-inquest-melbourne-influencer-death-home-birth-full-story-podcast

#Childbirth #Health #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Womenshealth #Australianews #Healthwellbeing #Melbourne #Victoria #PresentedbyRegedAhmadwithMelissaDavey #SirinKale #producedbyKarishmaLuthria #MilesHerbert #LuHill #whoalsodidthesounddesign #mixTheexecutiveproducerisHannahParkes

Record Low Child Mortality Rates Recorded in Both India and China

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/record-low-child-mortality-rates-recorded-in-both-india-and-china/

Risk of serious birth injuries is rising for women in England, data suggests https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/28/risk-serious-childbirth-injuries-women-england-nhs #Health #Women #Childbirth #Nhs #Hospitals #England #UkNews

Epidurals are a miracle technology

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-wonder-of-epidurals/

#HackerNews #epidurals #miracle #technology #painrelief #healthcare #innovation #childbirth

A new chapter of #Hachinan has started!

Read it at https://infinitenoveltranslations.net/hachinan-tte-sore-wa-nai-deshou-volume-23-chapter-4-part-1/ for free!

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TV host apologises after telling World Cup star to miss birth of his child

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/21/tv-host-apologises-telling-world-cup-star-miss-birth-child-28864274/

A new chapter of #Hachinan is out!

Read it for free at https://infinitenoveltranslations.net/hachinan-tte-sore-wa-nai-deshou-volume-23-chapter-3-part-4/ !!

Enjoy~

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