Hope and ambition at the school for teenage mothers
When a 15-year-old has a baby, it doesn't have to mean the end of her education and her hopes of a career. Amelia Hill visits the school that treats motherhood as an opportunity
Home birth: ‘What the hell was I thinking?’
There's the blood, the pain, the second thoughts. Are home births an unnecessary trial – or the most rewarding way to have a baby? Amelia Hill joins one woman in labour to find out
This satnav of the labour ward is driving us the wrong way
Annalisa Barbieri: Birth monitors cost the NHS millions, and were never meant to replace a labouring woman's default help: the midwife
When Will I Sleep Through the Night? An A-Z of Babyhood by Eleanor Birne – review
Wit and wisdom inform this lively account of the first year of motherhood. New mum Alice O'Keeffe approves
The lasting effects of pregnancy
Receding gums, bigger feet and a longer nose – are these really the legacies of having childbirth?
Lady Gaga and my breast milk burlesque
Victoria Hiley: Breast isn't best, it is bog standard. So why the hysteria about my little foray into the world of exotic ice-cream?
Simple blood test for Down’s syndrome is on its way, say scientists
Announcement made by researchers looking to replace current risky procedure that causes 1% of women tested to miscarry
Having children helped my depression
Having experienced depression, Viv Groskop feared that motherhood would make the condition worse. But, for her, family life has had the opposite effect
SPD: Having babies left me disabled
Two pregnancies have left Lucilla Paull in a wheelchair. While she has no regrets at all about having her children, she does want to warn other women about SPD, a relatively common condition that is too often overlooked
Michelle Obama’s breastfeed plan attacked by Tea Party’s leading ladies
Rightwingers Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann scorn US first lady's effort to give tax breaks to mothers for breast pumps