Failure of contraceptive implants sets back battle against teen pregnancies
Bad press surrounding 584 cases in which women trusting in Implanon implants fell pregnant is a blow to family-planning advisers
My waistline for a horse
Dominic Prince was knocking on 50 and drastically overweight. He decided to combine dieting with his dream of being a jockey – but it would mean abandoning his family
The best age to become a mother – between 20 and 35
Leader of UK's maternity doctors warns against trend towards older motherhood and says schools could help to teach youngsters the best age for childbearing
Problem solved
My two young daughters are starting to ask questions about sex and where babies come from, but I fear I'm getting it wrong
When it comes to parenting, fathers are not an optional extra
Charlie Swinbourne: Cricketer Jimmy Anderson has been criticised for taking paternity leave. But why should women shoulder the responsibility alone?
Girls who have disrupted childhoods get pregnant younger, study suggests
Not being breastfed, an absent father, moving house frequently and lack of involvement of parents in upbringing all brought forward age of first pregnancy
Common painkillers could be linked to male reproductive disorder
Scientists find link between mild painkiller use in pregnancy and raised risk of having a son with cryptorchidism
Too young to be a mother?
A 10-year-old girl giving birth to a baby in Spain has caused outrage. But she and her family seem happy, so why should we be worried? Giles Tremlett investigates
Fathers are happier when doing more housework, says study
Report also found men who spend more time with their children and work similar hours to partners are less stressed
The lonely pain of miscarriage
Cathryn Scott: If anything positive can be taken from Lily Allen's terrible news, it is that miscarriage may become less of a taboo subject