‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs

‘Misleading’ messages from $55bn-a-year industry are ‘unethical’, says report, which calls for plain packaging rules similar to tobacco

Growing sales of breast milk online amid warnings about risks

Exclusive: Human breast milk can contain harmful bacteria, drugs and viruses, say health experts

A moment that changed me: having a baby in lockdown nearly broke me – but it made me face my depression

After my son was born, I lost the ability to cope. But seeking help opened my eyes to other issues I had long silently lived with

Living in a woman’s body: I want my daughter to be inspired by my miraculous scars

When I was pregnant, I discovered that I had developed breast cancer – just like my mother before me. One day, the child I was carrying may face the same hard choices

Living in a woman’s body: when my child died, my every cell hurt. She was worth every tear I shed

After almost three decades, I still miss my daughter. But losing her taught me that grief is something to venerate, not deny

Living in a woman’s body: it’s a potent myth that all women want children – but I have experienced other wonders

The lie that all women have a yearning to be a mother can feel like biological gaslighting. I’ve had a different kind of life – and it is meaningful, rewarding, joyous

Emma Thompson on living in a woman’s body: my daughter thrums with life, my mother is frail – and I’m balanced between

When three generations of my family were together I realised how, wordlessly, we recalibrate each other

Kindness is strength. But try telling that to children

The belief is rife in our culture that this great virtue is essentially a consolation prize indistinguishable from weakness, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

If you don’t like it, go private: what my maternity clinic said over scans delay

After a raft of prenatal check-ups were cancelled because of Covid staff shortages, one mother asked how other mums fared. The replies shocked her

‘I thought: “Everyone knows you’re not a real mum”’ – the pain of parental impostor syndrome

Feeling like a fraud is bad enough at work but even more corrosive when it comes to raising a family. How can parents overcome damaging self-doubt?