Hungary: Midwife Agnes Gereb taken to court for championing home births
Gynaecologist faces five years in Hungarian prison, prompting protests over authorities' hardline childbirth policy
Scientists find cause of pre-eclampsia
Discovery could lead to treatment for life-threatening condition that can kill pregnant women and their babies
Pregnant women added to flu jab list
Government urges mothers-to-be to take up offer in case of a resurgence of swine flu this winter
Surviving the midlife crisis: a 10-point guide
Feeling anxious and washed-up before you've even hit 40, let alone 50? Then follow our 10-point guide to keeping sane
Shortage? What shortage? How the sperm donor debate missed its mark
Liza Mundy: Experts agree that lifting donor anonymity led to a decline in the number willing to donate. In fact, donor numbers are up
A mother, lost and found
Six years ago, Claire Robertson woke from a coma, surrounded by her husband and children. She had no idea who they were. Decades of family life had vanished from her memory, destroyed by a viral infection
Arabella Weir: I weighed my parents’ love on the bathroom scales
'I soon learned never to express hunger around them and to eat in secret, thereby developing an inextricable emotional link between what I ate and my ability to be loved'
My week: Scott Haines, drug and alcohol worker
Scott Haines on training counsellors, working on a needle exchange project and trying to get a young binge drinker to communicate with his parents
Miscarriage: a mother’s last taboo
Up to 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage – and yet most women never reveal they have had one. We find out how couples have tried to deal with their grief and meet a pioneering doctor who is looking for solutions to recurrent problems
Why our children need to get outside and engage with nature
More and more children today have less and less contact with the natural world. And this is having a huge impact on their health and development