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The best place for giving birth

Hospital births are now often seen as the safest option – but this was not always the case. Tania Staras tracks trends in where women gave birth, and what led to the move from home to hospital.

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What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.

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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta

A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.

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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs

In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.

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  • Mary Stevens Maternity Home, Stourbridge, Worcestershire: the entrance front. Process print, 1929.
  • Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford: the gates of the maternity home. Process print, 1929.
  • Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford: the doorway of the maternity home at night. Process print, 1929.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • Maternity hospital, Paris: perspective view. Process print, 1913.
  • Maternity hospital, Paris: ground plan. Process print, 1913.
  • The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.
  • Nursery and Child's Hospital, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • City of London Lying-in Hospital. Engraving.
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