Women who choose to have a baby by caesarean section must be informed they are putting themselves at greater risk of having a stillbirth or ectopic pregnancy in the future.

MAURA DERRANE is in good company. At 43, the RTÉ presenter is pregnant with her first child.

Some successful EU-funded Irish female scientists:

Cork researchers have developed a screening test which could detect the potentially life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia at around the 15th week of pregnancy.