Eating nuts during pregnancy is safe, new research suggests

Study of more than 8,000 children in the US casts doubt on advice to pregnant women to avoid eating nuts

Does eating greens give dads healthier babies?

Luisa Dillner: Lack of folate, found in green veg, can cause abnormalities in babies, so women planning pregnancy are advised to take a supplement. Should fathers follow suit?

Mothers over 30 at greater risk of negative birth outcome, study finds

Research showing higher incidence of premature and stillbirths could change medical thinking about age of 'older mothers'

I gave birth in our car – twice!

Joanna Moorhead: Faye and Carl Lygo didn't make it to the maternity hospital – she gave birth in the back of the car on the way. And it happened to them twice ...

I always wanted to be a mother

Anonymous: From as young as I can remember I always wanted to have children. Find a man, have unprotected sex, then worry about all the rest later was the plan

No, we’re not ashamed about giving mothers financial incentives to breastfeed

Clare Relton: Response: We want to help a shift from infant formula milk feeding. Mothers are signing up to our scheme

Breastfeeding bribes? What a grubby little idea

Barbara Ellen: Encouraging breastfeeding is one thing, but handing out shopping vouchers feels patronising and pointless

I wasted £30,000 trying to have a baby I didn’t want

Single and in her 40s, Claudia Connell decided to have a baby – it was now or never. But during her third IVF attempt, she began to regret the whole idea

Bounty parenting club under fire over maternity ward ‘exploitation’

60,000 sign petition calling on government to sever contract as MPs express concern over sales reps in hospitals

Decoding your baby’s strange behavior: live chat with Shaun Gallagher

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