“Doing aqua-aerobics during pregnancy can ease the pain of childbirth,” reports the Daily Mail today. The newspaper bases its claims on a Brazilian study of pregnant women who did water aerobics three times a week. read more at: https://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/11November/Pages/Aquarobicpregnancy.aspx

Those who want Caesareans or pain relief are being discouraged from asking for them, say campaigners. Read more at: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/natural-childbirth-movement-denies-women-choice-1031227.html

One in six mothers remembers the pain of labour five years later as being worse than it was, according to researchers. Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3699357/One-in-six-mothers-remembers-the-pain-of-labour-five-years-later-as-being-worse.html