Records of some of the first babies born under the NHS reveal how women's healthcare is changing.
The records show the first baby born under the NHS in the Pontypridd area was on 6 July, 1948, a day after the service was createdFormer midwife Claire Cutlan dusts off a large, blue, hardbound book and turns to the first page.
"There was actually no baby born on the 5th of July 1948," she said, searching for the NHS's own birth date. Mohamed Elnasharty is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant, as well as group medical director for children and family care within Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board. "Which is a lot. And you have to take time off work, there's a lot of anxiety. It can take around six weeks, just to reach a diagnosis."
Fertility services have also increased from one fortnightly clinic to two weekly sessions, and perinatal trauma clinics have been established to reduce the risk of prolapse or incontinence following childbirth.
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