Experience: I gave birth outside Waitrose

Daphne Bolus: 'I wanted somewhere quiet to give birth – even with the screens I could see the feet of shoppers walking by'

Are we getting childbirth wrong?

The conversation: Kirstie Allsopp discusses caesareans, guilt and breastfeeding with birth guru Sheila Kitzinger

Woman with learning difficulties can decide own pregnancy fate, court rules

Young woman with sickle cell disease, rather than a court, can decide whether or not to terminate pregnancy, judge rules

Ultrasound parties? Let’s confront this culture of oversharing

Jean Hannah Edelstein: If an expectant mother invites you to view her unborn child in her living room, don't just pretend you have a cold

Five people describe living on the margins of modern Britain

How easy is it to fall through the cracks in modern Britain? A former prostitute, a homeless man, an asylum seeker, a mental health sufferer and a drug dealer tell their stories

Social isolation: ’tis the season to be lonely

Editorial: Researchers have shown that day-in, day-out, chronic isolation does real, physical damage

The mothers fighting back against birth intervention

During labour, women feel under severe pressure when doctors and midwives bully them into medical interventions they do not want. Louise Carpenter reports on the mothers starting to fight back

‘I think of my egg donor every day’

Egg donation is an extraordinary, life-changing gift. But what is it like for those involved? We talk to a donor, recipients and a doctor

NHS told to improve care for women in early pregnancy

Pregnant women at risk of miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy should have scan on day symptoms appear, says Nice

Lucy Mangan: the nation rejoices at Wills and Kate’s baby news

'Pippa's drafting her latest cash-in volume. "Babies are an excellent way of continuing the family line"'