A good birth experience is more than the baby being delivered alive

Joanna Moorhead: A Mumsnet survey shows the psychological impact of a difficult labour affects the child's future wellbeing as well as the mother's

Breastfeeding won’t seem normal until we see more pictures of it

Susan Bright: From cliched poses to Facebook bans, society has a problem with realistic images of breastfeeding and postpartum bodies

What I’m really thinking: the older pregnant woman

'Ten years ago I was single and self-employed, too interested in the high life for children'

IVF: ‘Where’s all that grief going?’

There may be five million IVF success stories, but for many millions more women, the treatments have failed. So why do we never hear from them?

Support for mothers and babies needs overhaul, says UK health minister

New preventive approach from conception to second birthday would be aimed at avoiding mental and physical problems later

Why big is not always beautiful when it comes to babies

The largest baby born naturally in Spain is in perfect health, but some see increasingly large newborns as cause for concern

The 40-week pregnancy myth has popped

Viv Groskop: We now know pregnancy can vary by up to five weeks – so why aren't 'overdue' mothers given more information?

‘Half the mothers I know have been driven from their jobs’

Anne Richardson's experiences of her antenatal group backs up the findings of a survey into the problems faced by female employees

Pregnancy changes women’s bodies shock

Naomi McAuliffe: Instead of making ignorant remarks about the Duchess of Cambridge's post-baby weight, we should celebrate women's remarkable bodies

Don’t smoke spliffs during childbirth or have sex with a prince

Suzanne Moore: If the Duchess of Cambridge wants to live like common people, she should give birth like common people do