Sarah Teichmann: ‘I wake as early as 4am and think about work’

The 42-year-old scientist is head of cellular genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge

Babies’ sleep patterns can be challenging – here’s why you shouldn’t despair

On Baby Sleep Day, here are some insights that might help get you through the long, broken nights

Pregnancy is a life experience I’d rather avoid. That doesn’t mean I’m selfish

Society still frowns on women who don’t want to go through having children – despite the immense toll it can take on them. Why?

George Ezra: ‘I don’t have a diary but I do have a sister, or “assister” as I call her’

The singer-songwriter, 24, on touring, drinking and the importance of sleep

Discriminating against pregnant women is not just wrong, it’s foolish

Women are still hit by the motherhood penalty at work, with lower wages and stalled careers. If men did more childcare this would change, says Rowan Davies, head of policy at Mumsnet

Maude Julien: ‘How I escaped from my father’s cult’

Maude Julien’s father tried to turn her into a ‘superhuman’ through a series of cruel experiments. Now aged 60, she recalls how she survived

Five things you probably shouldn’t say to someone who has had a miscarriage

For most people, miscarriage is a loss that society is not great at talking about. Here’s advice from experts on how to change that

Every time I visit my family, they body-shame me

I have been through something similar, says Annalisa Barbieri. Try joking it off – or face the problem head on

Cornelia Parker: ‘When a deadline looms, you have to come up with the goods’

The sculptor and installation artist, 61, on anxiety dreams, eating with family and being blood sugary

How do I find time for my family?

Don’t attempt to have your mind on work and children at the same time, says Sharmadean Reid