‘We should have been warned’
Siobhan O'Neill was told the new five-in-one jab might leave her daughter irritable for a day or two. No one mentioned the possibility of serious side-effects lasting up to a week.
Childish things
Not all women go through an early menopause as a result of breast-cancer treatment, and many do go on to have a baby afterwards entirely naturally.
‘Caesareans hurt too’
C-sections may be routine, but they're still no picnic, writes Emily Wilson. No wonder they can put women off having another child ...
Life after birth
Jools Oliver has written a book about motherhood - and she certainly hasn't skimped on the detail, says Emily Wilson.
Why can’t we latch on?
It's breastfeeding awareness week, and surely everyone knows that breast is best. So why do so many UK mothers bottle feed their babies? Joanna Moorhead asked 10 experts what we're doing wrong - and what we should do to improve thin.
What comes up …
Reflux causes suffering in as many as one in five babies, but it's a problem that often goes undiagnosed. Tobe Aleksander knows only too well how bad things can get.
The cure for colic
When Oliver James's newborn son got colic, he and his wife prepared themselves for the horror of sleepless nights. Then they attended a breastfeeding clinic ...
A boy like Dan
Danny Mardell's world was turned upside down when his first son was born with Down's syndrome. But, as his ghost writer Sally Weale records in Danny's Challenge, published tomorrow, the shock and shame of those first few months gradually gave way to acceptance - and love.
Double trouble – and then some
More couples are asking fertility clinics to help them have twins. They may be getting two for the price of one - but do they know what they are letting themselves in for? Joanna Moorhead suspects not
Striking a cord
The private use of umbilical stem cells is questionable, but the public use is different, says Joanna Moorhead.