Maternity wards close 1,000 times a year to expectant mothers, figures show

Shortage of midwives and beds resulting in women being forced to travel up to 65 miles to other wards or to give birth at home

I am silenced by the tyranny of impending motherhood

Tanya Gold: Women whose response to their pregnancy is more complex than the sanctioned gratitude are treated with suspicion

Pregnant women deserve more than this infantile advice

Catherine Bennett: A new warning of the unproved risks of everyday objects to a foetus is alarmist. It is best ignored

Pregnancy: what and what not to do

Should you eat for two – and why is chocolate mousse not allowed? Dr Bashir Qureshi answers some key questions

Pregnancy advice from royal college not common sense, says health chief

Chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies says paper will increase anxiety and confusion about how to safeguard unborn child

Face value: expressions bring 4D ultrasound scans to life

Jonathan Jones: Artists have long been fascinated with the communicative power of the human face. As these scans show, babies begin experimenting with expressions even before they are born

Pregnant women have enough worries without adding sunscreen to the list

Linda Geddes: The latest advice may simply add to the anxiety that pregnant women must navigate, thus undermining public health messages

Another list of pregnancy don’ts. Another list that doesn’t help

Bibi van der Zee: Chemicals in household products are a real issue – but what are women meant to do with the confusing information in the RCOG report?

New advice to pregnant women is unhelpful and confusing, say critics

Anger over advice that mothers-to-be should avoid chemicals used in common products such as food packaging

Why do identical twins end up having such different lives?

Their genes are exactly the same, so why don't identical siblings' lives follow more similar patterns? The scientist behind a pioneering 21-year study believes he has the answer, as he tells Robin McKie