Childbirth

3 Apr 2013

Thomas Beatie was seeking a divorce from his wife, Nancy, and a decision on the custody of their three children. But the problem was Thomas Beatie was born a woman - Tracy Lehuanani Lagondino - in...

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Agency offers to beat 'zero birth' ban for mainland mums

31 Dec 2012

Mainland agencies who help pregnant women from across the border to reserve maternity bed spaces in Hong Kong claim they will still be able to do so after the "zero-birth quota" comes into effect...

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Too many women are still dying in childbirth

23 Dec 2012

After a harrowing 36 hours delivering her daughter, Michelle Thompson faced yet another complication. Her cervix tightened so much that she suffered a retained placenta.

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China Digest, November 28, 2012

28 Nov 2012

A couple's plan to have a "natural" pregnancy and birth at their home did not go as expected, as the woman was in labour for two days before the father-to-be decided he should call her a taxi to...

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Study finds sex does not bring on labour

22 Nov 2012

There is a widespread belief that sex during the later stages of pregnancy can jumpstart labour, but that doesn’t appear to be so – at least according to a study from Malaysia.

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Xi Jinping put work first and missed birth of daughter

24 Oct 2012

In the summer of 1992, as party chief of Fujian's provincial capital, Fuzhou, Xi Jinping missed the birth of his only child, daughter Xi Mingze, because he was called away to deal with the effects...

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Special delivery

The decision was easy for nature enthusiasts Ma Fung-yan and Fung Kin-hang. When the time came to deliver their first child, they opted for a home birth.

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Stay in the comfort zone

When British teacher Claire Nazer gave birth to her first child, Mila, a few years ago, she wanted to put off her hospital stay for as long as possible, and enlisted midwife Hulda Thorey's help to...

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Stand by me

Historically, women have been attended and supported by other women during labour. Yet in many places throughout the world, including Hong Kong - and because more women give birth in hospital than...

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Risk reduction

Chances of a premature birth are heightened with mothers who conceive when they are older or use reproductive technology, says Dr Ellis Hon Kam-lun, a professor of paediatrics at Chinese...

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Hospital agrees to probe suction delivery of baby

A baby boy may have been left brain-damaged after being delivered with a suction device and quickly developing a brain haemorrhage at Prince of Wales Hospital, the child's parents claimed...

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Requests for Caesarean denied in birth blunder

Parents of a baby born this month say doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital denied their repeated requests for a Caesarean section delivery after a long, difficult labour, which led to the newborn's...

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