child birth

News
Videos

CHILD BIRTH NEWS

C-section, child birth, childbirth, premature birth, nicu, neonatal intensive care unit, motherhood, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

The birth story no one prepared me for

August 22, 2026 7:39 am

My initiation into motherhood looked nothing like the stories I grew up hearing — it began at the doors of a neonatal intensive care unit

cesarean Calcutta High Court Medical neglegence

Court drops C-section 'negligence' case, notes couple returned to same doctor despite firstborn’s injury

June 16, 2026 2:48 pm

The Calcutta High Court quashed proceedings against a doctor accused of negligence during a caesarean delivery, holding that the scalp injury was properly managed.

Court orders CRPF constable to join Odisha posting despite wife’s post-childbirth health issue

June 09, 2026 5:27 pm

The Gauhati High Court refused to stay a CRPF constable’s transfer to Odisha, observing that adequate medical facilities are available for his wife and child.

The woman said she wanted another son through her sixth pregnancy

‘One son is not enough’: Doctor raises alarm over 22-year-old expecting her sixth child

May 29, 2026 2:00 pm

A 22-year-old pregnant with her sixth child has reignited conversations around maternal health, closely spaced pregnancies, child marriage, and social pressure linked to son preference.

The incident unfolded on Saturday in Shirur

Pune residents, a doctor use sarees and collective will to help woman who went into labour on a busy street

April 29, 2026 11:50 am

According to witnesses, the woman was experiencing severe labour pain and suddenly collapsed on the road in Pune's Shirur.

How 2 paramedics used a shoelace to deliver a baby 30,000 ft over Oregon seconds before landing

April 28, 2026 4:19 pm

The newborn, named Brielle Renee Blair, arrived about two weeks earlier than expected. Her mother, Ashley Blair from Tennessee, had been traveling to Oregon to be with her own mother for the delivery.

Dr Nameeta Mokashi Bhalerao, a gynaecologist and fertility consultant at Baner, in Pune, who treated pregnant woman who had encountered Zika-virus.

Year later, all 42 Zika-infected pregnant women deliver healthy babies

June 02, 2025 8:37 pm

Zika virus infection during pregnancy, as per various studies, can lead to microcephaly, a condition where the baby is born with a smaller than expected head size.