The black-and-white photo series was created by London-based photographer James Clifford ... Mr Kent documented a patient called Gemma who gave birth by a C-section. Listen to the best of BBC ...

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In 2011, photographer Leilani Rogers captured the birth of her niece and since then she's been hooked. The American from Austin, Texas, has documented 50 mothers going through labour and captured ...

But in developing countries, particularly in poor villages far from proper medical care, childbirth can be fraught ... may be of normal size, vaginal birth can sometimes prove all but impossible.