Birth Stories

Do you poo in labour? Midwife and blogger Clemmie Hooper answers those awkward questions.

Kim Cotton describes what it was like to be the UK's first commercial surrogate.

In the 1960s, two Japanese scientists discovered a drug that could prevent maternal deaths. It took decades for them to be proved right.

In the 1970s, obstetrician Dr Michel Odent helped bring about a revolution in how women give birth - using water.

Many women in the developing world die during childbirth - but a cheap kit containing a condom could save tens of thousands of lives.