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Maternity services are failing mothers and babies, and it’s not just down to austerity

Letters: Medical professionals and women who had bad experiences themselves respond to the findings of the birth trauma report

The Guardian - UK

Elective C-sections still have ‘huge stigma’ attached when there shouldn’t be - here’s how to confidently ask for one, according to an obstetrics expert

Women feel under pressure to give birth 'naturally,' even when it compromises safety. Some feel they're denied a C-section without good reason - and that needs to stop.

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Japan passes a revised law allowing joint child custody for divorced parents for the first time

Japan’s parliament has passed a revision to the country’s civil code that will allow divorced parents the option of joint child custody, a change that brings the nation in line with many other countries

The Independent UK

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Patients in England want right to see GPs with 24 hours enshrined in NHS

Royal College of GPs says constitution guarantee would just pile on pressure given loss of 1,000 practices in past 10 years

The Guardian - UK

Want to be buried on your own land, at sea or in a forest? A guide to unconventional send-offs

At some point, you or someone else will need to make a decision about your “send-off”.

The Conversation

Nurses open beds after pay agreement with government

Nurses and midwives have suspended escalated industrial action after reaching an in-principle agreement with the Victorian government over pay and conditions.

AAP

Doctor at Kozhikode MCH suspended after botched surgery on four-year-old

Medical negligence at Kozhikode hospital leads to surgery on wrong body part, sparking protests and political backlash.

The Hindu

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OPINION - The Standard View: It shouldn't cost this much to start a family

The question of where babies come from can be an uncomfortable one for parents to answer. Politicians seldom do better, but they need to come up with an answer soon, before London begins to resemble a retirement community.

Evening Standard

How a doctor, sailor and lecturer changed Europe’s assisted dying debate

Moves to legalise euthanasia are gathering pace and public opinion in many countries is now in favour of reform

The Guardian - UK

Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering

Zoraya ter Beek, who has chronic depression, anxiety, trauma and unspecified personality disorder, expected to end her life soon

The Guardian - UK

London's birth rate tumbles 20% in a decade as cost of living crisis puts people off having children

More couples choose to delay children or not have them at all

Evening Standard

Katherine Gieve obituary

Other lives: Leading family lawyer driven by her feminist principles to improve the treatment of vulnerable women in court

The Guardian - UK

Men aren’t designed to be ‘hands off,’ with changes to their body chemistry and spending time with their babies resulting in similar ‘neurological transformations’ experienced by mothers

Men aren't designed to be 'hands off' with kids, despite what society believes. Spending time with their babies elicits a similar change to body chemistry that mothers experience.

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Fellas, if you want there to be more babies, be a dad. A dad in the home

Inaccessible work, outrageous childcare costs and the threat of family violence are only some of the issues holding back Australia’s birthrate

The Guardian - AU

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Evening Standard

Birth trauma report: the stories brought me to tears, but none of it was surprising

The harrowing stories of neglect in this week’s Birth Trauma Inquiry came as no surprise to Victoria Moss, who was left depressed, anxious and distressed after giving birth in London

The Hindu

Centre sets timeline for disposing living donor transplant applications

The Union Government has set a timeline of six to eight weeks for health authorities in the States/Union Territories to decide on applications seeking living donor organ transplantation

The Hindu

Development has bigger say than religion on number of children a mother has

Discussion on Muslim fertility rates in India, influenced by socio-economic factors, government policies, and lack of awareness on family planning.

The Guardian - UK

UK birth-trauma inquiry delivered gritty truths, but change will be hard

With many NHS maternity services struggling and a shortage of midwives, MPs’ plan for overhaul is ambitious

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Evening Standard

Why are birth rates falling across Europe? Pope calls for Italians to have more babies

Births in Europe reached their lowest point since the 1960s in 2022

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Traumatic birth inquiry finds the number of negative experiences 'are simply not good enough,' and my own poor maternity care still leaves me angry

An inquiry into traumatic birth experiences has found the 30,000 reported negative experiences per year to be unacceptable - I'm still angry about my own years later.

Marie Claire

Meghan Markle opens up about her "love of being a mum" in a candid interview about parenthood

AAP

Doctors demand answers over end-of-life care funding

A peak medical body is calling for urgent end-of-life care funding in the Queensland budget and an explanation as to where previous funding has gone.

The Guardian - AU

A letter to my kids: sometimes, my love for you must feel conditional but on Mother’s Day, let me say that I love you

In terms of self-sacrifice, I do far less than my mother (your Nanima) did for me

The Hindu

Faced with enrolment decline, colleges in central Travancore to battle it out in virtual world

Faced with a shrinking enrolment for the undergraduate programmes they offer, the colleges in central Travancore are now taking the battle to recruit students into the virtual world. Institutions such as CMS College in Kottayam and St. Berchmans College in Changanassery, among others, are leveraging reels and short videos for…

The Guardian - UK

The woman helping families find where their stillborn children are buried

Gina Jacobs, from the Wirral, is calling for the government to apologise to parents of stillborn babies

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