My brilliant brother has Down’s syndrome. Is it wrong to fear getting pregnant myself?

I’ve always wanted to start a family, but I’m paralysed by the idea of having a disabled child – and diagnostic tests feel like a betrayal

I feel torn between two cities. How do I reconcile where I want to be?

Choosing where you want to live can feel like choosing who you want to be, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But you can bring your whole self to one place

‘Will the babies be left in a war zone?’ The terrified Ukrainian surrogates – and the parents waiting for their children

The Russian invasion has put surrogate mothers in a desperate position – and left foreign couples fearing the worst

Gimme 20! How just 20 minutes a day to yourself could transform your life

Finding time to do what you want to do can seem impossible. But what if it was less than half an hour a day? Here’s how to microdose your ‘me time’

How we met: ‘I was trying to have a baby alone when we matched on a dating app’

Emmy was on en route to Athens to try artificial insemination when she started chatting to Andy. Now they have a child together

NHS pilots pregnancy screening that may cut racial disparities in baby deaths

Tool addresses inequalities in UK, where stillbirth and perinatal death rates are high for black and Asian babies

‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs

‘Misleading’ messages from $55bn-a-year industry are ‘unethical’, says report, which calls for plain packaging rules similar to tobacco

Growing sales of breast milk online amid warnings about risks

Exclusive: Human breast milk can contain harmful bacteria, drugs and viruses, say health experts

A moment that changed me: having a baby in lockdown nearly broke me – but it made me face my depression

After my son was born, I lost the ability to cope. But seeking help opened my eyes to other issues I had long silently lived with

Living in a woman’s body: I want my daughter to be inspired by my miraculous scars

When I was pregnant, I discovered that I had developed breast cancer – just like my mother before me. One day, the child I was carrying may face the same hard choices