Alicia Silverstone’s the woman to turn to if you run out of breastmilk
The actor Alicia Silverstone is coming to the rescue of any woman who's looking for a better class of milk donor
37 thoughts on turning 37
Sophie Heawood: Not a landmark birthday, it's true, but a good enough time to take stock of one's life so far …
Can we trust R after so many years of drink-fuelled lies?
Can we trust R after so many years of drink-fuelled lies?
It’s hard to be sick when you’re single
Ruth Pitt was successful and single with a grownup family. But when serious illness struck, she struggled to cope without the support of a 'significant other'
Royal baby: nine tips on coping with the arrival of your little prince or princess
With not long to wait for the royal baby, how about some advice for Kate and William? Here's a word of wisdom for each month of gestation for them and all the other expectant couples, writes Viv Groskop
R is drinking again
My husband is away on a climbing break ... Actually, it turns out he's been holed up by himself in a pub for hours, getting drunk
The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge and I are in (almost) the same boat
Naomi McAuliffe: Not even a private hospital wing serving champagne can shield women from the messy indignities of pregnancy and birth
Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family – review
It may have an unlovely title, but Tim Parks promises this rigorous book will offer you a liberating way of thinking about every family, including your own
My battle with motor neurone disease – Neil Platt’s last interview
Neil Platt's battle with MND is the subject of a new film, I Am Breathing. In the last interview he gave before he died in 2009, published here for the first time, he describes his daily struggle
Maternity wards close 1,000 times a year to expectant mothers, figures show
Shortage of midwives and beds resulting in women being forced to travel up to 65 miles to other wards or to give birth at home