For those women who can afford it, you can book an independent midwife for a home birth by calling 01483 821104 or visiting www.independentmidwives.org.uk. Planning your home birth: Talk to your ...

Mum-of-four Lucinda Ford gave birth to her third and fourth children at home with no midwife – known as 'freebirth' – despite ...

Two-thirds of NHS trusts in the UK restricted or suspended their home birth services last year, according to research shared with ITV News. The maternity rights charity, Birthrights, submitted ...

A mother whose 13 children and 25 grandchildren were born at the same hospital says she is sad to see it close. Tracy Lewis had all her babies at St Mary's, Poole, between 1983 and 2003, and returned ...

People had to attend hospital treatments alone, go months without seeing some of their closest friends and relatives, and say their final farewells to loved ones over video call - in some cases ...

Five years on from the beginning of lockdown, Stacie told BBC Scotland News her second baby helped her get over the trauma of ...