In the UK, the journey to parenthood is governed by some of the world's strictest medical standards - until you step outside of the NHS . An investigation has exposed a regulatory vacuum in the private maternity sector, where experts with as little as three days of training are making life-and-death decisions. From under-qualified maternity nurses giving deadly sleep advice, doulas fatally 'interfering' with labour , to money-hungry high-street scan clinics failing to spot severe abnormalities,