Stories
- Article
A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
- Article
Confusion, guilt, and the battle to breastfeed
Most new mums are told that breast is best. But breastfeeding doesn’t always come as easily or naturally as you might imagine.
- Article
The conditional child
Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.
Catalogue
- Books
Drawings from the newborn : poems and drawings of infants in crisis / by Heather Spears.
Spears, Heather, 1934-Date: [1986]- Books
Birth and breastfeeding : rediscovering the needs of women in pregnancy and childbirth / Michel Odent.
Odent, Michel, 1930-Date: 2003- Videos
- Online
Bathing and dressing synchronised with new audio.
Date: 1935/2012- Archives and manuscripts
Papers and articles by others
Date: 1933-1993Reference: PP/FOR/H.4Part of: Michael Fordham