Royal baby: to breastfeed or not to breastfeed?

Amy Licence: The Duchess of Cambridge is likely to follow the Queen and her mother-in-law's lead and nurse her newborn. But historically, many royal mothers have shuddered at the thought

Don’t have a sleepless night over fears your children won’t hit the pillow

Sarah Ditum: Even if the link between late nights and poorer learning is causal, the problems behind wonky bedtimes can be intractable

Alicia Silverstone’s the woman to turn to if you run out of breastmilk

The actor Alicia Silverstone is coming to the rescue of any woman who's looking for a better class of milk donor

37 thoughts on turning 37

Sophie Heawood: Not a landmark birthday, it's true, but a good enough time to take stock of one's life so far …

It’s hard to be sick when you’re single

Ruth Pitt was successful and single with a grownup family. But when serious illness struck, she struggled to cope without the support of a 'significant other'

This breastfeeding ‘cat fight’ sets mothers up to fail

Rebecca Schiller: With support funding cut, and negative messages about the 'breastapo', even I, a doula, am sick of breastfeeding

Royal baby: nine tips on coping with the arrival of your little prince or princess

With not long to wait for the royal baby, how about some advice for Kate and William? Here's a word of wisdom for each month of gestation for them and all the other expectant couples, writes Viv Groskop

Breastfeeding figures fall as NHS budget is cut

Lack of support for new mothers in England leads to first drop in breastfeeding for nearly a decade, say midwives

Breast is still best for many mothers

Louise Silverton: More must be done to help new mothers learn the basics of breastfeeding, says the director of midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives

The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge and I are in (almost) the same boat

Naomi McAuliffe: Not even a private hospital wing serving champagne can shield women from the messy indignities of pregnancy and birth