Home-birthing pools recalled after baby falls ill with legionnaires’ disease

NHS and Public Health England ban certain types of heated pool and question suppliers over safety precautions

One Born Every Minute; Commando: Return to the Front Line – TV review

Tim Dowling: As gripping, moving and NHS-affirming as ever, One Born Every Minute still makes me cry three times per episode

Women ‘risk premature birth if they have second child too quickly’

Research finds women who give birth again within 18 months are more likely to have premature baby

Screening of newborn babies for heart defects to be trialled

Public Health England recommends simple oxygen tests to pick up congenital problems, such as holes in the heart, sooner

I ate my wife’s placenta raw in a smoothie and cooked in a taco

Placentophagy is becoming popular, thanks to health claims and celebrity advocates. And afterbirth is a surprisingly versatile ingredient, finds James Mackinon*

At last, a doctor who respects older mothers

Lynsey Hanley: David Richmond recognises why women are having babies later – they want to take control of their lives

What I’m really thinking: the mother of a stillborn baby

'I've joined an invisible club that gains, on average, 17 new members a day in the UK – the highest stillbirth rate for any country in Europe'

Sales reps in NHS maternity wards are a marketing push too far for mothers

We have come to associate parenthood with buying stuff – but that's no reason to subject bed-bound new mums to the hard sell, says Mumsnet editor Sarah Crown

New mothers lack lifesaving advice, says Netmums survey

Only a quarter of respondents remembered receiving advice on spotting conditions that could kill them or their baby

These Are Our Children by Julie Maxwell – review

Julie Maxwell's funny, thought-provoking novel gives questions around conception and childbirth a vigorous going over. By Jane Housham