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# Birth

All time
A lot of Chinese couples don't want a second child after all
30 Oct 2014
17.9k
21
"It's like watching Alien": Men watch a baby being born for the first time
2 Sep 2014
3.9k
4
One in four children in Ireland are born to a non-Irish mother
1 Aug 2014
16.5k
150
The '100 millionth' Filipino baby was born this morning
27 Jul 2014
13.3k
19
Urgent need for bereavement training for chaplains in maternity hospitals
23 Jul 2014
8.0k
15
Woman gives birth outside Primark store in Birmingham
2 Jul 2014
21.5k
37
Jack and Emily remain top dogs but celebrity babies make their mark
30 May 2014
36.9k
59
The Quadfather - Limerick couple welcome quadruplets after four years trying
29 May 2014
21.7k
50
A tiny baby weighing less than a pound was born this week
16 May 2014
27.6k
36
Opinion: Giving birth at home – a piece of cake?
Alice Marchand
30 Apr 2014
245
37
Column: I carried my baby to term, knowing when he was born I would have to bury him
Michelle Meehan
23 Apr 2014
31.4k
70
Monorail, al-Qaeda, and Easter eggs: The week in numbers
19 Apr 2014
8.1k
5
Stark differences between childbirth procedures in public and private hospitals
15 Apr 2014
19.5k
25
Interventions for first-time mothers "worryingly high" in Irish hospitals
25 Mar 2014
15.2k
34
Column: The day I had to prove I was Irish – and failed
Stephen Collins
22 Mar 2014
5.3k
90
Irish dad describes shock after wife gives birth on pedestrian crossing
27 Feb 2014
26.0k
18
Pics: Meet Leona, the last baby born in Mount Carmel Private Hospital
3 Feb 2014
15.0k
15
This man has asked the internet to name his baby girl
14 Jan 2014
3.3k
2
Government to consider free nicotine patches for pregnant women
15 Nov 2013
6.6k
116
Exposure to air pollution increases risk of having low birthweight baby
15 Oct 2013
2.3k
2
Column: Our medical culture denies women a say on how, and where, they give birth
Barbara Western
19 Aug 2013
145
267
Despite refusal, home birth case a "worthwhile fight"
16 Aug 2013
13.5k
187
Newborn baby survives crash after car birth
6 Aug 2013
20.5k
9
New bill will crack down on 'sham' marriages
24 Jul 2013
12.2k
63
Chinese mother throws newborn from building
11 Jul 2013
20.0k
60
Column: Every miscarriage is a loss, and I still think of my children that never got here
Catherine W
18 Jun 2013
112
16
Younger mothers at higher risk of premature birth
12 Jun 2013
5.3k
3
1 in 3 Irish women affected by pelvic floor dysfunction
28 May 2013
15.5k
22
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
26 May 2013
8.8k
3
Babies born by Caesarian more susceptible to developing allergies
25 Feb 2013
9.3k
55
BOD and Hubes just had a baby girl. The world reacts.
10 Feb 2013
83.3k
55
Robotic surgery helps Cork mother in second successful birth
13 Dec 2012
10.8k
7
Bishops: Treatment that might put foetus at risk "ethically permissible"
19 Nov 2012
10.3k
113
Birth rate falls, but Irish women remain Europe's most fertile
16 Nov 2012
12.8k
53
Column: 11 things nobody tells you about giving birth
Deborah McCarthy
29 Oct 2012
15.7k
86
New DNA techniques could help prevent genetic diseases
17 Sep 2012
2.5k
1
Frozen - over fresh - embryos may improve IVF success
5 Sep 2012
5.9k
1
Definition of 'premature' should be reconsidered - report
2 Jul 2012
6.9k
21
Column: I had a home birth – and all mums should have the same option
Eva-Louise Goussot
28 Jun 2012
2.7k
67
More than a quarter of births in Ireland are to women aged 35 and over
26 Jun 2012
7.5k
35
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