A ‘natural’ or ‘normal’ birth can mean different things to different people. Pregnancy and birth are deeply personal experiences and language plays a significant role in shaping how we feel about our ...

Should pregnant Australian women be worried? Australia’s system of maternity care has a great deal in common with the British National Health Service. Could ideology be putting expectant mothers – and ...

3D simulation of the birth canal of chimpanzees with (B) the fetal head in a fully extended position, the typical head alignment in apes, and (C) the fetal head in a fully flexed position, the usual ...

According to a new study, chimpanzees, like humans, must contend with a confined bony birth canal when giving birth. In humans, the problem was exacerbated by our unique form of upright walking since ...