Bedtime stories for frazzled parents
A potty-mouthed picture book has become a hit before it's even published – just don't show it to the children
Pregnancy: Does my bump look big in this?
Not long ago, pregnant women were confined to tent dresses. Now expectant mothers appear on magazine covers, tweet the happy news and flaunt their bellies in figure‑hugging couture. Veteran magazine editor Emma Soames wonders if it's a good thing
Donor eggs: But will the baby feel like mine?
At first, the idea of using a donor egg to conceive repulsed Briony Walker. But at 44, and with only a 1% chance of conceiving each month, she was forced to reconsider…
What I’m really thinking: The mother who breastfeeds her toddler
'Almost as soon as my daughter turned one, I noticed a decline in the tender smiles given by strangers and an increase in the double takes'
IVF multiple birth rate drops
Number of IVF twins and triplets falls in line with targets as women are encouraged to have only one embryo implanted
Have your say on … breastfeeding
The people's panel: Mothers are bombarded with advice about breastfeeding – but we'd like to hear from four readers about their views
Breastfeeding leads to better behaviour in children, researchers claim
Interaction between mother and child seen as significant factor in research based on Millennium Cohort Study
Born in the nick of time!
Viv Groskop meets Kasey Edwards, who found out at the age of 32 that she only had one year left to conceive
Lucy Mangan: I’m having a baby
'We've done seven dry runs to the hospital, none of them successful. The satnav, for some reason, refuses to believe such an institution exists'
‘It’s weird to be growing a penis inside me’
Two years after tying the knot, Lucy Mangan and her husband, Toryboy, are about to have a baby. Are they ready? Are they heck…