October 2021
Please see the following link to a website providing more information on the new paper that the Norway team have written: Fødende kvinner vil ha ekte og personlig omsorg (forskning.no)
October 2021
Please find a link to a paper written by Mário Santos which discusses the analytical strategy used in Portugal for the national Babies Born Better dataset, and how it avoids a complete conversion of qualitative into quantitative data of the survey: Social Sciences | Free Full-Text | A Manifest against the Homogenisation of Childbirth Experiences: Preserving Subjectiveness in a Large Dataset of the «Babies Born Better» Survey (mdpi.com)
October 2021
Please see a link to a new publication out now in Norway using data collected from the Babies Born Better survey: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.16926?fbclid=IwAR2rd8KWqsEZAYG1NX5lBtZwW5kDVRXES-QOfB0mMeHBc_porC8C50fv3BI
September 2021
See below for the number of responses by country women birthed in. Women from 79 countries so far have filled in the survey! Head to the home page to take part in the survey and have your say.
Afghanistan | 2 | Germany | 2882 | Pakistan | 4 |
Andorra | 1 | Greece | 25 | Poland | 574 |
Argentina | 6 | Hungary | 11 | Portugal | 12 |
Australia | 44 | Iceland | 2 | Qatar | 2 |
Austria | 120 | India | 4 | Republic of Moldova | 2 |
Bahamas | 1 | Indonesia | 3 | Romania | 666 |
Bangladesh | 2 | Iran | 1 | Russian Federation | 330 |
Belarus | 9 | Ireland | 76 | San Marino | 1 |
Belgium | 434 | Israel | 12 | Saudi Arabia | 50 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | Italy | 302 | Serbia | 3 |
Bulgaria | 18 | Japan | 1 | Singapore | 5 |
Canada | 30 | Jordan | 3 | Slovakia | 115 |
Chile | 432 | Kazakhstan | 2 | Somalia | 1 |
China | 52 | Kenya | 1 | South Africa | 5 |
Colombia | 5 | Latvia | 4 | Spain | 104 |
Costa Rica | 2 | Lebanon | 1 | Sweden | 577 |
Côte d’Ivoire | 4 | Lithuania | 638 | Switzerland | 52 |
Croatia | 532 | Luxembourg | 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
Cyprus | 437 | Malaysia | 1 | Turkey | 6 |
Czech Republic | 31 | Malta | 23 | Ukraine | 12 |
Denmark | 433 | Mauritania | 1 | United Arab Emirates | 6 |
Ecuador | 1 | Mexico | 3 | U.K. | 1387 |
El Salvador | 1 | Montenegro | 2 | U.S.A. | 108 |
Estonia | 3 | Morocco | 4 | Uzbekistan | 1 |
Ethiopia | 1 | Netherlands | 923 | Zimbabwe | 2 |
Finland | 74 | New Zealand | 10 | ||
France | 18 | Norway | 2628 | Total | 14,295 |
July 2021

Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra is currently using the data collected through your surveys to write a paper on childbirth during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this paper they compare the childbirth experiences of women who gave birth during Covid-19 and gave birth before Covid-19 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. More information to follow.
July 2021

The Babies Born Better survey has been extended to July 2021, more chance for you to share your experiences with us. Head to the home page to take part in the survey.
June 2020
Version 3 of the Babies Born Better Survey is now live!