UK’s unregulated pregnancy scan clinics putting lives in danger, say experts

Hospital specialists report cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and women erroneously told their babies had died

‘The pressure to get your old body back is immense’: the new mothers driven to weight-loss jabs

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?

Stop obsessing over what parents eat – we’re spinning too many plates to worry about what’s on our own

Most parents aren’t able to eat like a wellness influencer when we’re chasing tiny humans who refuse to get dressed

Pregnant women in England at ‘growing risk’ of serious injury in childbirth

NHS figures show number of mothers sustaining third- or fourth-degree perineal tear has increased by 16% since 2020

My extreme sickness in pregnancy feels like a personal failure, even as society glorifies motherhood as divine suffering

Hyperemesis gravidarum – a condition routinely dismissed as ‘just morning sickness’ – doesn’t just affect your stomach, it hijacks your entire life

Growing up, Bianca could never predict her father’s moods: the disorientation of an emotionally immature parent echoed into her adulthood

In therapy, we began with acknowledging this was not her fault. From there, we worked to rebuild Bianca’s sense of agency

I am three months sober. How do I support my 11-year-old autistic son?

Your son’s autism may make it even harder to navigate this situation. Try to show him things are better, rather than just telling him

The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recover

For years I struggled with infertility and loss. Then I had a life-changing call with a psychic

On some level, I realised it was a bit unhinged, writes the author and podcaster Elizabeth Day. But what did I have to lose?

Experience: my babies were born seven weeks apart

After years of miscarriages, I had abandoned the prospect of giving birth. Then, as we prepared to conceive using a surrogate, the impossible happened