Meet the Author
Dr. Leila El Alti is a Lebanese-Swedish healthcare ethicist, philosopher, lecturer, researcher, nurse, and mother of three who’s believed to be the first woman in Scotland to give birth via maternal assisted cesarean section.
January 2026: Leila’s Birth Story Makes Headlines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9rgz2194zo 
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/mum-lifts-baby-from-womb-during-c-section-in-first-of-its-kind-birth-in-scotland 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpjfVDwHUh0&t=40s 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002qgvf 
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/west-lothian-mum-left-sobbing-with-joy-after-helping-to-deliver-her-daughter-via-c-section-5495790 
https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/pulse-maternal-assisted-csection/ 
https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/west-lothian-mum-left-sobbing-with-joy-after-helping-to-deliver-her-daughter-via-c-section-5495790 
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25809509.west-lothian-woman-gives-birth-maternal-assisted-caesarean/ 
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/mum-tells-how-lifted-baby-36635211 
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25810294.mum-describes-moment-pulled-baby-womb-wishaw-hospital/ 
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/west-lothian-mums-joy-helps-36635202 
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/west-lothian-mum-overjoyed-after-33324311.amp 
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/mum-lifted-baby-womb-magical-33325961 
https://www.kentlive.news/news/health/mum-took-part-c-section-10785447 
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-mums-joy-helps-deliver-36635142#comments-wrapper 
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/mum-took-part-c-section-33329742
Birth Ethics 