Pregnancy advice from royal college not common sense, says health chief

Chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies says paper will increase anxiety and confusion about how to safeguard unborn child

Face value: expressions bring 4D ultrasound scans to life

Jonathan Jones: Artists have long been fascinated with the communicative power of the human face. As these scans show, babies begin experimenting with expressions even before they are born

Pregnant women have enough worries without adding sunscreen to the list

Linda Geddes: The latest advice may simply add to the anxiety that pregnant women must navigate, thus undermining public health messages

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