Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable On the third day of being in labour with my first child, I entered a new state of being. It was time to dig deep. This is what I had learned in all the childbirth classes.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/labour-ideal-birth-women-yvette-cooper-maternity-reforms)