Water births are just as safe as usual deliveries: Study debunks fears

Water births are not more dangerous than usual deliveries, a study has revealed.  Women opting for the unconventional delivery actually get fewer agonising vaginal tears, according to University of Michigan scientists. The team compared water births to births in a bed at two midwifery units in the US. Results showed no differences in complication rates.  … Read more

Don’t panic! Lie awake fretting? A new book debunks the top 58 worries

BOOK OF THE WEEK WORRIED?    by Lise Johnson & Eric Chudler (Norton £16.99, 312 pp) Worried? What a daft question. Of course you’re worried. Are you awake? Are you breathing? Did you leave the bath running? Did you turn the oven off before you went out? Is this aeroplane going to fall out of the … Read more