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A yoga class for pregnant women at the Homerton Hospital, London.

Gail and her husband feel the movement of their baby as Gail's contractions quicken, the Edgware Birth Centre.

A couple look at a print-out of their baby's scan.

Contractions strengthen as delivery nears. Gail is supported by her partner and by midwife Bernice Sheikh.

Gail taking gas and air for pain relief after 12 hours of labour, having a break from the water to let gravity assist.

Gail's baby taking her first breaths.

Toni's 8-hour labour progresses in the birthing pool.

Toni and Andrew with baby Emily moments after birth with umbilical cord still attached.

Baby Emily begins to breast-feed soon after birth. Edgware Birth Centre follows a policy of minimal intervention.

Increasing numbers of British men are present at the birth of their babies. Jenny is acompanied by her mother and her husband during her first labour.

Baby Erin Megan is born after a three and a half hour labour during which Jenny used gas and air as pain relief.

Jenny spent one day in hospital before returning home.

Father and Grandmother admire baby Erin Megan while the midwife attends to Jenny.

Baby born by caesarean section in the Homerton Hospital.

Donna's caesarean section was planned. She has a local rather than general anaesthetic, enabling her to experience her baby's first moments.

Donna's caesarean section was planned. She has a local rather than general anaesthetic, enabling her to experience her baby's first moments.

New mother Kamuran bonds with her baby, while surgeons stitch her belly.

Kate yawns after feeding, 12 hours after being born at the Royal Free Hospital.

An ultra-orthodow Jewish couple take home thier first baby from the Homerton Hospital in Hackney.

Baby being revived with oxygen after a difficult birth.

Young couple say goodbye in the corridors of the Homerton Hospital as she goes to feed her baby in the special care unit.

Premature baby in special care.

Young father gives his daughter - born prematurely the previous day - her first wash.

A nurse bottle feeds a baby in the transitional care unit where babies are cared for when well enough to leave the special care unit.

Community midwife from the Homerton visits a young mother with her first baby at a Jewish nursing home.

Community midwife visits a mother who is concerned that her child, born the day before, has not fed since birth.

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This set of pictures on maternity were taken at the Homerton Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and the Edgware Hospital Birthing Unit, as part of a group project by Network Photographers for the National Health Service in 1996 to commemorate 50 years of the NHS.