Makuochi Okafor BBC Africa health correspondent, Lagos Getty Images At the age of 24, Nafisa Salahu was in danger of becoming just another statistic in Nigeria, where a woman dies giving birth every seven minutes, on average. Going into labour during a doctors’ strike meant that, despite being in hospital, there was no expert help...
Amber Heard has announced the arrival of twins in an Instagram post shared on Mother’s Day in the United States. The American actor revealed that she had welcomed daughter Agnes and son Ocean and was “elated beyond words” to celebrate the “completion” of her family. Heard, 39, welcomed her first daughter, Oonagh, in 2021. Under...
Women’s football stars Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis have announced the birth of their first child together. Chelsea and Australia striker Kerr and West Ham and United States forward Mewis posted a picture on Instagram, external of them together with their newborn son. “Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,” read the caption on Kerr’s...
Debbie Jackson BBC Scotland News The foal is now a week old and has been named Solomon A donkey foal at a popular farm park has ended up with two mums after a “one in a million” birth. Staff at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries now have a unique family-of-three after a series of events left...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Paignton Zoo Both mother and baby are doing well, the zoo says An endangered monkey that was diagnosed with an ovarian tumour during pregnancy has given birth in Devon. Paignton Zoo said the 18-year-old Diana monkey, named Akea, “defied medical odds” and delivered the healthy infant on Thursday. The...
“I will continue to fight every day for Mahmoud to come home to us,” Noor Abdalla said, shortly after giving birth. Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who was abducted by immigration officials for his activism against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, was barred from attending the birth of his firstborn child on Monday after Immigration...
Bryony Mills-Evans Bryony Mills-Evans said she was in work when she gave birth to her daughter, Willow A woman who did not realise she was pregnant has described giving birth alone at the beauty parlour where she worked before cutting her baby’s umbilical cord with eyebrow scissors. Bryony Mills-Evans said she did not think she...
A woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to a stranger’s baby, after her fertility clinic accidentally implanted another woman’s embryos into her. The mix-up at Monash IVF in Brisbane, Queensland has been blamed on human error, Australian media reports. “On behalf of Monash IVF, I want to say how truly sorry I am for...
The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she suffered a “rare and scary” medical condition after giving birth to one of her children. In the first episode of her new podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, Meghan said she was diagnosed with post-partum pre-eclampsia following childbirth. She described it as a “huge medical scare”, and said...
Wales prop Donna Rose says the birth of her daughter inspired her to return from injury in time for the Women’s Six Nations. Rose welcomed baby Margot in January while recovering from neck surgery. She made her comeback against Scotland in the opening round last weekend and now looks forward to having her daughter at...
