Mary Newburn, Head of Policy Research, National Childbirth Trust, welcomed standardised care and information for women.
Women receiving normal care were significantly more likely to develop depression six months after childbirth.
He said puerperal fever, which killed mothers in childbirth, was spread by dirty doctors.
Most new HIV infections are sexually transmitted or associated with pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.
When asked what was easier, childbirth or riding over the National fences, she replied: "Jumping those".
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The research shows that the majority of women do not gain weight following childbirth.
Helen Coster hailed the development of an inexpensive garment that can save lives right after childbirth.
Rosie Dodds, of the National Childbirth Trust, said the figures were a step in the right direction.
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The maternal death rate from pregnancy and childbirth was also 100 times greater back then than today.
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Women with obese mothers are more likely to gain weight after childbirth, according to a new study.
Now the government wants to make it easier for mothers to go back to work after childbirth.
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The National Childbirth Trust in the UK was not surprised at the finding that stress affected pregnancy.
They tell me even in the U.S. or other developed countries women die of embolisms during childbirth.
Childbirth outside marriage has soared, increasing pressures on women who are more likely to be single parents.
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Queen Jane, Henry's third wife, died of complications from childbirth less than two weeks after Edward was born.
This is reflected in the great disparity in where women die in childbirth, both between and within countries.
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Credit Suisse, for example, offers employee fathers up to 12 weeks paid paternity leave following childbirth or adoption.
Yet an Indonesian mother is over three times more likely to die in childbirth than a Vietnamese mother.
In 2011, 6.9 million children died before their fifth birthday and 358, 000 women died during pregnancy or childbirth.
The National Childbirth Trust recently published a book with information on what and how women should eat during pregnancy.
When chloroform became widely available in the 19th century, there was a furious debate over its use in childbirth.
But pregnancy complications and childbirth are among the leading causes of death and disability for African women, Wall says.
Around 1910, medical science began to get a handle on death in childbirth, and the sex ratio began falling.
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Kangu sends the funds to vetted local maternity hospitals and clinics that serve women before, during and after childbirth.
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As a result, childbirth leads to complications more often than elsewhere, he said.
When I was born after 300 hours of natural childbirth, they immediately hired a baby nurse because they were smart.
Dying in pregnancy or childbirth is common among teenage girls in developing countries.
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Postponing marriage and childbirth is part of a bigger change in the lives of many women in rich countries.
With more mothers giving birth later in life, these mothers bring with them greater expectations and aspirations about childbirth.
In a society where the pressure to marry is great, "marriage and childbirth won't be any constraint", Mr Rajendran said.
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