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Over the last few decades advances in medicine and new reproductive technologies have opened new possibilities for assisting conception, saving babies’ lives and making childbirth safer than ever before.

In this process, however, the quality of the experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenting, for both new parents and their babies, has received relatively little attention.

At a time when recent research has produced considerable evidence that nurture contributes significantly to early brain development both before and after birth, it is opportune to celebrate pioneering visions of how such nurture can and should be supported in today’s world.

The main speakers gathered at this conference have, each in their own way, questioned our medicalised model of birth and increased our awareness of forgotten aspects; they have also offered a different practice and, in so doing, found a receptive world audience.

The conference aims to facilitate the presentation and discussion of various trends in the emergence of a birth wisdom that can match recent scientific research findings towards new understandings of birth and babyhood.

The adaptation of ancestral practices or innovations across cultures and the design of research-based applications raise issues that have been little explored so far.

Planned around the launch event of the Birthlight Trust in Cambridge, the conference is deliberately positive with a view to promote the ‘infant joy’ that is every baby’s right and the mission statement of Birthlight.

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