Birth workers are generally obsessed with this amazing temporary organ, yet many parents-to-be are at best oblivious to its wonder and at worst horrified and disgusted by the sight and very thought of it. So what’s so special about your placenta anyway?

From whether the pregnancy and birth will be different, to what to buy to make life easier on the other side, the best advice comes from those who have been there and done it.

From the hospitals that serve the area to the homebirth provisions for women in South West London, we explore birth in SW London

What does “natural birth” mean? And is that what I should be aiming for? Terms explained and myths debunked.

A doula isn’t a midwife or an obstetrician, and they aren’t all healers or hippies - so what is a doula and can having one really change your birth?

Labour without pain or fear - is it really possible? And if it is, why is pain the first thing anyone mentions when talking about childbirth?