‘The doctor told Tom he was lucky not to have lost his wife and child’

Amanda Lynch suffered placenta abruptio like Sophie Wessex - but it was her husband who was most scarred by the experience.

Ten things I hate about being pregnant

Emily Wilson on a few of the major irritants of life as a mum-to-be.

Early puberty for girls increases depression: If your daughter is already having periods at the age of 10, she is at much greater risk of depression.

New research on the risks of sleeping with your baby is just another case of scaremongering, says Deborah Jackson.

Between the birth of her first and second child, Louise Doughty had three miscarriages, the anguish of which still haunts her.

Oliver James: Youngness of teen mums is not the problem.

What do you do when your child wants to be the opposite sex? Naomi Coleman examines the rise of gender identity disorder.

Oliver James's pick of expert opinion.

Clare Longrigg on the most common complaint of first-time parents.

An occasional column that sorts the grains of wisdom from the chaff of irrelevancy in the latest academic research on child development.