Childbirth

Stand-Up Specials. Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Egg-sistential Crisis. Audio, 28 minutes
A special stand-up show from Kiri Pritchard Mclean all about not wanting to procreate.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for 1 month
Births at home and in midwife-led units suspended
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Sussex
Posted
5 January 2021
Police help deliver baby on busy roadside
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Devon
Posted
1 January 2021
Aged 22, 7 months pregnant and in Covid intensive care
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Health
Posted
31 December 2020
'During the birth I sat in the car for six hours' Video, 00:02:50
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England
Posted
23 December 2020
People Fixing The World. Saving mums and their unborn babies. Audio, 23 minutes
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Baby 'may have survived' if delivered earlier
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Devon
Posted
18 December 2020
Baby 'Covid warrior' born to infected mum. Newsday. Audio, 00:03:37
A new mum on the anxiety of giving birth during a pandemic when you've caught the virus
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BBC World Service
Posted
17 December 2020
Allow pregnant women partner support 'at all times'
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Health
Posted
16 December 2020
'A home birth made sure my husband didn't miss it' Video, 00:01:16
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Suffolk
Posted
14 December 2020
Premature baby who fought off Covid now 'thriving'
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Glasgow & West Scotland
Posted
12 December 2020
'My partner had to leave minutes after I gave birth' Video, 00:02:08
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Wales
Posted
30 November 2020
Retired champion boxer helps deliver his daughter
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Northern Ireland
Posted
26 November 2020
Baby born in car park of new hospital. Video, 00:01:44
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Wales
Posted
19 November 2020
Concerns over maternity ward training and staffing
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Wales
Posted
19 November 2020
Drunk medic jailed for causing Caesarean death
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Europe
Posted
12 November 2020
At-risk birth centre 'saved my son's life'
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Leicester
Posted
12 November 2020
MP tells of 'difficult' miscarriage in pandemic
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
5 November 2020
Dad delivers daughter in bird sanctuary car park
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Glasgow & West Scotland
Posted
3 November 2020
Becoming a new mum during the pandemic. Video, 00:02:36
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Sussex
Posted
28 October 2020
'It's our job to keep mothers and babies safe'
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Health
Posted
26 October 2020
Go Ask Your Mother. To Have Or Not To Have Kids. Audio, 31 minutes
Vanel and Sindy talk surprises, difficulties and the many different routes to parenthood.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Live Wires. Post-birth bodies: Why don't we talk more about pelvic floor disorders? Audio, 16 minutes
It is estimated that one in three women will experience them.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Dorset's birthing 'postcode lottery' with some dads still unable to visit after birth. Steve Harris. Audio, 00:02:39
Amanda wasn't allowed visitors, including partner James, on her post-natal ward in Poole.
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BBC Radio Solent
Posted
15 October 2020