A male version of the pill? Bring it on

Cath Elliott: We're unlikely to see men queuing for it, but a male contraceptive jab has emerged that will at least take the pressure off women

Next week: My husband is an alcoholic

I am very concerned about the effect that heavy drinking may be having on his liver and general health. What can be done?

I have an eating phobia

I am in my mid-20s and suffer from some kind of eating phobia. I have been trying to diet for about four years, but since getting engaged, I have been eating less and less

Next week: My husband is an attention-seeker

Whenever my husband has a cold, headache or toothache, he acts as if he is dying. I feel I cannot take his complaints seriously any more and I am becoming increasingly annoyed by his attitude

The birthday present

When her husband turned 40, Charla Muller offered him guaranteed sex every night for a whole year. Could they manage it? By Stuart Jeffries

Next week: I have an eating phobia I can’t control

I have been trying to diet for about four years now, but since getting engaged to a truly wonderful man, I have been eating less and less

Twins raise risk of postnatal depression

Birth association survey shows mothers of more than one baby almost twice as likely to suffer mentally

I didn’t love my baby

Experience: It's the one thing you can rely on, all the pregnancy books said. That indescribable rush of love when they put the baby on your belly for the first time.

Two mothers, two lost babies

Elizabeth McCracken’s remarkable memoir has highlighted the issues surrounding infant death. Rachel Stockley meets her

‘Family planning is so easy, yet so little is invested in it’

Dana Hovig of Marie Stopes talks to Emine Saner about the struggle to de-stigmatise abortion