Too fat for a family?
Fertility experts announced this week that overweight women should not be allowed IVF on the NHS. Are there good medical reasons - or do we just not like the idea of fat people breeding? By Kira Cochrane.
Hush about baby
Why do women keep shtoom when they first find they are pregnant? One who did, and was then forced to lie when she miscarried, wishes she had been open from the start.
‘One of society’s greatest secrets’
Sick of airbrushed images, one mother has set up a website for the pregnant and post-pregnant to share their candid personal pictures. Joanna Moorhead reports.
The white stuff
Male fertility is falling. The supply of sperm donors is drying up. In the nick of time, scientists have found that sperm can be grown from stem cells. But won't this make men redundant, asks William Leith.
IVF hurdle for single women and lesbians to be overthrown
· 'Need for father' condition removed from rules· Specific ban on gender selection will be made law
Why giving birth is like a marathon
Paula Radcliffe believes motherhood will make her a better runner. Varicose veins, sleepless nights and pelvic-floor problems aside, she may well be right, says mother of three Lucy Atkins.
Too old to be a mother at 62? Not if you have a nice house, good looks and a husband who had an unhappy childhood
Catherine Bennett: Patti Farrant, handsome, clever and rich enough to afford the £10,000 cost of her latest child, seemed, when we first encountered her, to be the most deserving candidate yet for the blessing of astonishingly late motherhood.
Watersports
Chic city lido or isolated river? Wakeboarding or a swim trek? Surfing or climbing a waterfall? The choice is yours. But whatever happens, says Chris Morley, come on in, the water's lovely.