A painful lecture on labour
Maureen Freely: Denis Walsh may be right that epidurals bring their own risks, but he shouldn't tell mothers about the moral value of pain
It’s good for women to suffer the pain of a natural birth, says medical chief
Professor: mother and child would benefit if 'epidural epidemic' gave way to yoga and hypnosis
The curious incident of the straight-A student
Alex Goodenough was the cleverest kid in his school - so why didn't he get a sixth form place? Decca Aitkenhead talks to his family about the impact of Asperger's
My son Sam has a life-threatening disease. But now we live in hope
BBC North America editor, Justin Webb, on his son being diagnosed with type-one diabetes
Feuding couples should ‘split for children’s sake’
Children whose parents remain married but frequently argue do worse at school, new research claims
‘I came face-to-face with protesters at the Kansas clinic where I had to terminate my pregnancy’
First person: Whatever I did my child would die, and, as a grisly bonus, either action could result in long-term damage to my future ability to conceive and carry a child
Family under the microscope
Television makes us fat and corrupts our expectations, says Oliver James
Anti-natal
Zoe Williams: I hesitate to admit this, but in the third trimester I'm incredibly stupid. I wish I could skip this bit
‘Time for Daddy to take one for the team’
Shaved, stressed and eyeing the scalpel ... Michael Lewis on the joys of having a vasectomy