I donate 10 litres of breast milk a week

Breast milk is often the only thing a very sick or premature baby can tolerate. The thought of helping other tiny babies and their worried mums meant a lot to me

Why don’t babies sleep at night? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries

The women hounded for giving birth outside the system

Some women who opt for alternative births are being forced towards medical intervention or threatened with social services, yet they are doing nothing wrong

Men – don’t be squeamish, have the balls to have a vasectomy

Vasectomies are in decline. But, as I’ve discovered, they’re less painful than the dentist and an effective contraceptive

Sorry, Sally Phillips, but a woman should be able to know if her unborn baby has Down’s syndrome

A woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy is non-negotiable. Even if Phillips – someone I’ve long-admired – doesn’t like their reasons

Westminster: wealth, opulence and socially isolated new mothers

In an area where wealth and poverty sit side by side, a maternity project is tackling loneliness and mental health problems

Sally Phillips: Do we really want a world without Down’s syndrome?

A new prenatal test could eradicate Down’s syndrome. Actress Sally Phillips, who has a child with the condition, explains why that would make the world a poorer place

Births led by midwives rather than doctors linked to greater risks – NZ study

Study of more than 200,000 births over five years in New Zealand, where midwives are the dominant care-givers, produced ‘unexpected’ results

Snap, crackle and filth – let kids eat dirt

Could it be that we have been making our children sick by being too clean?