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I became absorbed in strangers’ fertility journeys online

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Aims to raise awareness of freebirthing, the term used to describe a pregnancy and birth without any medical interventions.

The fertility rate in England and Wales has dropped to its lowest since records began in 1938 .

In five years of TikTok use I’ve witnessed a rise in creators documenting every intimate detail of their trying-to-conceive ( TTC ) journeys, the content now spilling over to other platforms.

Dr Shree Datta , consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Portland Hospital and NHS Homerton Trust , says, “It’s estimated that a very small proportion of births, likely less than 1% , occur outside a medical or midwifery setting, including freebirths.

Dr Kim Thomas , CEO of the Birth Trauma Association , identifies two key factors driving the rise: “Difficult and distressing experiences giving birth in hospital, often as a result of poor medical care”.

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