8 h. ago Olivia Bowen 'feared for her life' as she opens up on baby girl's 'traumatic' birth

Love Island couple Olivia and Alex Bowen have shared the first details of their newborn daughter Siena Grace's birth - and it was a traumatic experience for mum Olivia

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16 h. ago Olivia and Alex Bowen introduce baby Siena for first time after traumatic birth

As Olivia and Alex Bowen introduce their new daughter for the first time, former Love Islander Olivia recalls the terrifying moment she 'feared for her life' during baby Siena's birth

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16 h. ago Olivia and Alex Bowen introduce baby daughter Siena in beautiful pictures after traumatic birth

EXCLUSIVE: As Olivia and Alex Bowen introduce their new daughter for the first time, former Love Islander Olivia recalls the terrifying moment she 'feared for her life' during baby Siena's birth

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9 d. ago Mum tried in vain to save life of baby girl who failed to wake up after going to sleep in crib

Rita-Zee Rees was taken to hospital but despite the best efforts of medics she could not be saved

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3 w. ago ‘If something goes wrong in childbirth, how will I know?’ The unflinching film about parenting with deafness

Giving birth is gruelling enough for mothers with hearing – but as the sisters behind gripping new drama Deaf explain, for disabled women labour can be brutal and traumaticEva Libertad spent months researching the script of Deaf, speaking to deaf women about pregnancy and parenthood for her drama about motherhood and identity. Almost immediately, the Spanish director knew the film needed a labour scene. “For all the women, giving birth had been a very traumatic event,” she says. She heard stories about women in labour not being informed of procedures, or having their hearing partners removed from the room, depriving them of an interpreter as well as support. “I left out some of the most difficult experiences.”Her film gives us a frighteningly realistic birth scene. “Push, push hard,” shouts a doctor behind a face mask at the end of a long, drawn-out labour. The woman giving birth is Ángela, who is deaf and can’t read the doctor’s lips because of their face mask. Frightened and alone...

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4 w. ago Angela Rayner's son's traumatic birth and battle for life and her efforts to be a 'good mum'

She previously shared the struggles of parenthood, including the challenges of raising a child with disabilities

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last month Angela Rayner's autistic sons traumatic birth and courageous fight growing up

Deputy PM Angela Rayner has spoken of the difficulties she's faced as a mother of a child with lifelong disabilities, and her eldest son Charlie has defied the odds.

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