Another list of pregnancy don’ts. Another list that doesn’t help
Bibi van der Zee: Chemicals in household products are a real issue – but what are women meant to do with the confusing information in the RCOG report?
New advice to pregnant women is unhelpful and confusing, say critics
Anger over advice that mothers-to-be should avoid chemicals used in common products such as food packaging
Why do identical twins end up having such different lives?
Their genes are exactly the same, so why don't identical siblings' lives follow more similar patterns? The scientist behind a pioneering 21-year study believes he has the answer, as he tells Robin McKie
Natural birth: ‘I felt brilliant. I was in utter ecstasy’
Once Britain's best-known midwife, Caroline Flint says doctors have become obsessed with risk in childbirth. She tells Susie Steiner why natural birth can turn a traumatic experience into something mind-blowing … even orgasmic
My husband is skipping his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
I've told him no sex until he gets support with staying sober. If it's not AA, he'll have to find something else
Why we shouldn’t force children to eat their greens
Tim Lott: I recall one epic battle when I tried to get Jean, then aged about eight, to eat a single pea. I failed. And I was furious
What’s wrong with telling children they’re beautiful?
Natalie Cox: Jo Swinson worries about image being overemphasised, but faced with today's media, children's self-esteem needs bolstering
How my molar pregnancy became a life-changing event
At first I assumed it was a virus, and then that I was expecting another child. But the truth was far more disturbing – and the start of a long and emotionally taxing battle
R is four months sober
My husband is getting all the praise for staying sober after rehab – meanwhile, I'm shattered and seething
Michael Pollan: Why the family meal is crucial to civilisation
Michael Pollan, the American food writer and campaigner, says eating together round the table every night is the way children learn best how to get along in the wider world. Interview by Richard Johnson