Modern tribes: the pregnant oversharer
We were only just thinking it might be a good time when, bam, the stick goes blue. Here, I’ll show you… no?
Pregnant women don’t need a blanket ban on drinking. They need the facts
Giving mothers-to-be advice with no scientific basis is patronising and coercive. Women have the right to see the evidence and make their own decisions
Scanxiety: why private baby scans are on the rise
Many pregnant women are paying for extra ultrasounds, for reassurance or for ‘souvenir scans’. But does multiple scanning pose a risk to the unborn child?
‘Truly, madly, deeply alone’ – embracing solitude
After decades surrounded by a happy extended family, Max Riddington now chooses to live alone. Stripped of company and casual support, she wonders: is the solitude a comfort, or will loneliness strike?
‘I can’t forget the horror of my son’s birth’
Despite medical advancements, childbirth is a major cause of post-traumatic stress disorder – and yet nobody talks about it. Leah McLaren tells the harrowing story of the arrival of her second child – and her fight for treatment and support
How artificial wombs will change our ideas of gender, family and equality
Science has shown what’s possible with lamb foetuses. For humans this could revolutionise birth, solving inequalities and raising new ethical dilemmas
Therapy ‘has long-term benefits for mothers with depression’
CBT has positive effects on mental health, financial empowerment and parenting skills, long-term study shows
Experience: I had a free birth
We never extricated ourselves from the system; we just didn’t go for check-ups or scans
‘It’s my wife’s pregnancy, not mine, but it is our baby’
When my wife and I decided to have a child that she would carry, I thought being a woman, in a same-sex couple, would help me empathise. I was wrong
Step away from the parenting books – and start worrying and doubting yourself instead
Chinese tiger mothers get results, French parents teach manners and the Finns espouse self-reliance. British parents? We read books on how we’re going wrong …