Take the hassle (and the fun) out of childbirth
Justine Roberts on the baby planning service that promises to take care of all your pre- and post-pregnancy problems.
My lifelong desire
Nick Wallis is 22 and has a life-limiting condition. With no girlfriend on the horizon, he feared he would never enjoy a full relationship. Here, he tells why he decided that the only way to experience sex was to pay for it ...
Losing it
For 54 years Janice Ellis was overweight - 'fat, ugly and repulsive', she thought. Then 12 months ago, weighing 21 stone, she signed up for the operation that would transform her life.
‘It was the start of a very different life’
Michelle Mullen had it all: good job, money, and a busy social life. Then she went to her doctor with numbness and blurred vision, and everything changed ...
How will I cope with a ‘normal’ baby?
She was born with a rare disability which her son Archie inherited. Now Emma Bowler is about to give birth to a child without the condition ...
Poll backs nurses being allowed to give abortion pills
· Need for doctors' approval arcane, says advice service · Pro-life group challenges call for change in law
Sex, lies and the morning-after pill
It makes sense to keep emergency contraception in the house 'just in case'. So why do we have to be so deceitful to get it, asks Ellie Levenson.
‘It’s difficult to say whether parents or children cope better’
HIV specialist nurse Julia: "We have a nine-year-old who comes in and says, 'How's my army today?', and we say, 'It's really strong', and he's like, 'Brilliant!"
‘I didn’t think twice about the test’
Andrew's story: "She said, 'You've had the results of the test and they're positive' and I said 'Yes, you'd better move me into the spare bedroom because I'm going to die'."
‘I’ve outlived my expiration date by four years’
Angela's story: 'I discovered that I believed that things would be OK and no matter whether the kid was positive or not I'd cope.'