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Introduction: Birth Writes&MARTIN RICHARDS 1

Part 1: Experiences and Rites of Birth 7

1 Becoming a Mother: Continuities and Discontinuities Over Three Decades&ANN OAKLEY, MEG WIGGINS, VICKI STRANGE, MARY SAWTELL AND HELEN AUSTERBERRY 9

2 Changing Medical Birth Rites in Britain 1970-2010&FRANCOISE BARBIRA FREEDMAN 29

3 Are Doctors Still Improving Childbirth?&SUSAN BEWLEY AND LIN FOO 51

4 The Midwife-Mother Relationship&MAVIS KIRKHAM 77

Part 2: Status and Consequences of Birth 95

5 The Loneliness of Status: The Legal and Moral Significance of Birth&JONATHAN HERRING 97

6 Refusing Medical Treatment During Pregnancy and Birth: Ethical and Legal Issues&ROSAMUND SCOTT 113

7 The Consequences for Preterm Infants of Antenatal Glucocorticoid Treatment&ALISON FORHEAD AND ABIGAIL FOWDEN 129

8 Fathers, Birth and Law&RICHARD COLLIER 151

Part 3: After Birth 169

9 Recording Births: From the Reformation to the Welfare Reform Act&REBECCA PROBERT 171

10 The Changing Form of Birth Registration&JULIE MCCANDLESS 187

11 Birthright had Nothing to do with It; Royal Inheritance in the Middle Ages&FRANCIS WOODMAN 205

12 Infanticide and Insanity in 19th Century England&SHELLEY DAY SCLATER 219

Part 4: Timing of Birth 237

13 Explaining the Trend towards Older First Time Mothers - A Life Course Perspective&IRENEE DALY 239

14 Too Late or Too Many-Dilemmas Facing the Modern Woman Seeking Help with Fertility&PETER BRAUDE AND TAREK EL-TOUKHY 255

15 IVF Birth Data Presentation: Its Impact on Clinical Practice and Patient Choice&EMILY JACKSON AND HOSSAM ABDALLA 271

Index 285