Pregnancy sickness can kill – why are doctors so uninformed about it?
The agony of hyperemesis gravidarum can drive expectant mothers to terminate. That’s because the support they desperately need is still lacking
‘Even the specialists hadn’t seen my baby’s condition before’
In the week of the awareness-raising campaign Rare Diseases Day, Sofya Court hopes the story of her son – born with a syndrome shared by only a few hundred people worldwide – will inspire others coping with obscure conditions
Test all pregnant women for smoking, say NHS chiefs
The plan, which is supported by the Royal College of Midwives, is part of a wider drive to discourage cigarettes at hospitals
Zen and the art of family maintenance – lessons from the bestselling Buddhist monk
Haemin Sunim says a happy relationship and contented children are within reach for us all – if we could just slow down and pay attention to each other
It costs £83 to treat postnatal depression. So why must so many women suffer?
A report shows only 7% of women with pregnancy-related mental health problems get the specialist care they need. We need a more holistic approach
Sarfraz Manzoor: Our long, hard battle to have a second child
We had our daughter without a problem, so when my wife and I decided to try for a second baby, we never imagined we would need repeated IVF
‘There will be more deaths’: NGOs on Trump’s anti-abortion rule
We asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses
Calm down trendspotters – ‘lagom’ is not the new hygge
Living in Sweden, I have found the national concept of ‘just enough’ to be less a delightful lifestyle trend than a suffocating doctrine of Lutheran self-denial
Every doctor has one death they remember. For me, it was you
You had cancer and only hours to live; your husband’s last wish was for your parents to see you one last time
How risky are caesarean births?
This week an inquest found that Frances Cappuccini, a 30-year-old primary school teacher, died unnecessarily when a caesarean went wrong. What are the dangers – and the facts?