Should I let my baby cry itself to sleep?
What is best for your baby: crying itself to sleep, controlled crying or being soothed on demand? Dr Dillner weighs up the evidence
Experience: I gave birth outside Waitrose
Daphne Bolus: 'I wanted somewhere quiet to give birth – even with the screens I could see the feet of shoppers walking by'
Woman with learning difficulties can decide own pregnancy fate, court rules
Young woman with sickle cell disease, rather than a court, can decide whether or not to terminate pregnancy, judge rules
Ultrasound parties? Let’s confront this culture of oversharing
Jean Hannah Edelstein: If an expectant mother invites you to view her unborn child in her living room, don't just pretend you have a cold
On the set of Call the Midwife with Suzanne Moore
Call the Midwife returns to our screens next week with its big Christmas special. Fans Suzanne Moore and daughter Angel go on set to discover the secrets of its success
The mothers fighting back against birth intervention
During labour, women feel under severe pressure when doctors and midwives bully them into medical interventions they do not want. Louise Carpenter reports on the mothers starting to fight back
NHS told to improve care for women in early pregnancy
Pregnant women at risk of miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy should have scan on day symptoms appear, says Nice
Whooping cough alert for pregnant women
Fewer than half of mothers-to-be have been vaccinated, despite an increase in cases that has seen 13 babies die
Poland’s ‘baby hatches’ leave vulnerable mothers exposed
Sophia Deboick: Polish Catholics are defending hatches where unwanted babies can be left. But they can do more harm than good
Lucy Mangan: the nation rejoices at Wills and Kate’s baby news
'Pippa's drafting her latest cash-in volume. "Babies are an excellent way of continuing the family line"'