Babies undergo severe stress during vaginal birth.
A ‘virgin’ fish named Mary got pregnant without having sex
Could we be witnessing an evolutionary leap in action?
The UK royal “luxury” birth cost less than the average US birth
A story of royalty and overpriced healthcare.
Increased demand for ‘vaginal seeding’, despite lack of evidence
Doctors are seeing a massive rise in the demands for the so-called vaginal seeding procedure, despite no evidence that this actually helps. Also called ‘microbirthing’, the process involves taking a swab from the mother’s vagina and rubbing it over the baby’s mouth, eyes, face and skin shortly after a C-section birth. The idea is that exposing the baby to vaginal
Pregnancy related deaths down by half in the last 25 years
Between reports of melting icecaps, starving polar bears and reports of food shortages, it’s easy to become pessimistic about life. But it’s not all bad, as a recently released report by the UN, published in The Lancet, shows how pregnancy-related deaths have fallen almost by half in the past 25 years.
