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# Childbirth

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Nearly one in three first-time mums having Caesarean sections
We need to talk about childbirth - it's murder, says Tilda Swinton
HSE sympathy for family of Monaghan woman who died in childbirth
Irish mums have more kids than EU counterparts
Dutch 12-year-old gives birth on a school trip
Demand for public IVF treatment doubled in recession