Tim Dowling: the floor’s tilting – or is it my age?

I may be ill but there’s no way I’m going to sit in the car while my wife goes shopping. Old men sit in the car by themselves, staring at the horizon

Taking a baby from its mother is a horrific job for a midwife

No training can prepare you for a mother’s animalistic howl as her child is removed, but it’s my job to protect newborn babies

How can I help my adult son cope better with chaotic meal and bedtimes?

He’s tired and irritable and on a recent holiday I had to absent myself from the table after he exploded with rage at his children. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader

Continuing to limit access to birth control would wreak economic havoc

Subsidized contraception is under attack – and this is the result

Yes, women should choose their maternity care. Why isn’t it happening now?

Baroness Cumberlege’s report proposing personal birth budgets is what many women have wanted for decades – the tricky bit is putting it into practice

I’m glad my mum and dad died before they got too old

My parents died in their early 70s. I miss them every day but it’s a relief to know that they avoided the suffering that can come with late old age

A moment that changed me: it’s my third miscarriage and I’m losing the plot

I need people to know what has happened to me, but I’m disgusted with myself for not coping

Children in England near bottom in international happiness table

England ranks 13th out of 16 countries in survey, with body image and school among areas of concern among eight-year-olds

How text messages and volunteer midwives are saving lives in Rwanda

The UN estimates 590,000 children have been saved, with deaths now at 42 per 1,000 births compared with 300 in 1994

These brave mothers’ stories must chip away at the stigma of postnatal mental illness

One in 10 women suffers from pregnancy-related mental health problems, but fear stops them asking for help. A BBC documentary shows it doesn’t have to be that way