By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable
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After a five-day labour that failed to progress, the author argues that the maternity system's focus on an "ideal" low-intervention birth can override women's safety. While Yvette Cooper's reforms address the pressure women feel, the deeper issue is a culture that delays necessary escalation, even as half of Britain's maternal deaths are considered preventable.