COVID baby boom was a bust: Five states report up to 50,000 fewer births since pandemic began

Early in the pandemic, many experts predicted that lockdowns at stay-at-home orders would lead to a surge in births. In fact, the opposite happened. As it turns out, Americans have not been getting pregnant.   There are five U.S. states that have provided preliminary birth data for 2020: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii and Ohio, all of … Read more

Hospitals cancel home births and shut down stand-alone maternity units

Hospitals cancel home births and shut down stand-alone maternity units, but still ban mothers-to-be from having their partners at their side on the wards Since the start of the pandemic, home births have provided a solution for women This is due to hospitals banning them having partner at their side during labour But now, with virus … Read more

Boris Johnson backs MoS campaign to end lone births scandal

‘No woman should have to go through labour alone’: Boris Johnson backs MoS campaign to end lone births scandal Nearly half of hospital Trusts continue to ban partners from attending either labour or scans, or both, because of draconian Covid-19 rules Mail on Sunday is campaigning to end scandal, which has left women to give … Read more

Rate of very premature births falls by as much as 90% during coronavirus lockdowns

Hospital emergency rooms, hallways and even children’s hospitals around the world flooded with coronavirus patients as the pandemic engulfed much of the world this year.  But doctors at several hospitals scattered across the globe noticed that one ward of their facilities was conspicuously quiet: the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).  Usually busy with medical staff … Read more

NHS begin suspending home births

The NHS has begun suspending home births as the healthcare service urges women with coronavirus symptoms to have their babies in hospital.  Home births can require additional medical resources and are not an ideal option for expectant mothers who may have COVID-19, experts said. The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS foundation trust in London and NHS Greater … Read more

Water births are just as safe as usual deliveries: Study debunks fears

Water births are not more dangerous than usual deliveries, a study has revealed.  Women opting for the unconventional delivery actually get fewer agonising vaginal tears, according to University of Michigan scientists. The team compared water births to births in a bed at two midwifery units in the US. Results showed no differences in complication rates.  … Read more

Poshest names in newspaper births columns become online hit

A collection of the ‘poshest’ names for newborns, whose births were announced in  newspaper columns, have become an unlikely online hit  Birth announcements, mainly appearing in The Telegraph, have been gathered from Twitter and collated by The Poke. And the parents – who range from a Prince and Princess to the independent candidate for the … Read more

Baby boy is born INSIDE his amniotic sac – which happens in only one in 80,000 births

Astonishing moment baby boy is born INSIDE his amniotic sac – which happens in only one in 80,000 births Businesswoman Janaina Fernandes Costa, 34, underwent emergency caesarean  Doctors filmed the rare moment showing the baby boy born inside amniotic sac  Mother-of-three had the emergency procedure due to gestational hypertension By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 12:56 GMT, … Read more