Our Experts' Views
Read what our experts' have to say on the experience of childbirth and the role of midwives:
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.
Why will the doctor see you now?
The intervention of medicine in births is a recent development. How and why has childbirth become a medical procedure?
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?
Content last updated: 09/08/2006
