births

1 in 4 births in England now by emergency C-section

A quarter of all babies in England are now delivered by emergency caesarean operations, BBC analysis shows - marking a…

2 months ago

One in four births in England are now emergency caesareans, BBC analysis shows

Prof Marian Knight, director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, which researches the care of women and babies in pregnancy…

2 months ago

'It's not a nice world to bring children into': Births fall to the lowest level in 50 years

Live births in England and Wales are at their lowest since 1977, while the age of first-time mothers has also…

2 months ago

Caesaran sections overtake natural vaginal births for the first time

Getty ImagesRuth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter More babies are being born by caesarean section in England than delivered naturally -…

8 months ago