Five things you probably shouldn’t say to someone who has had a miscarriage

For most people, miscarriage is a loss that society is not great at talking about. Here’s advice from experts on how to change that

Do not intervene to speed up birth unless real risks involved, advises WHO

Women in labour are increasingly being subjected to unnecessary and unwelcome interventions such as caesarean sections, warns WHO

‘Walking out my grief one step at a time’: why I’m doing a 24-hour walk

It’s an exercise I actually like – it rewards persistence over ability. What’s more, I can think about my late mum, who was also a walker, and all that she meant to me

Is your child at risk of brain injury from playing football or rugby?

Despite increasing concern about the long-term risk of dementia and other problems from heading a ball or tackling, children are still playing contact sports. Should you play it safe and stop them?

‘Shyness didn’t happen overnight. It was a process of feeling exposed’

For Hayley Webster, shyness was a way of hiding herself in life. But finally she decided she didn’t want shyness to hold her back any longer…

Experience: I was a surrogate at 51

At an early scan there was a bit of a shock, but a wonderful one: I was carrying twins

Nestlé under fire for marketing claims on baby milk formulas

Exclusive: Report finds Swiss multinational is violating advertising codes and misleading consumers with nutritional claims

Mothers in early 30s have lowest premature birth risk, study finds

Women in their early thirties have a 1% chance of early birth, with the risk rising to 1.2% for those over 40, analysis shows

I’m breastfeeding everywhere – and guess what? People are great about it

I’ve been truly surprised by the support of strangers. A kind word doesn’t take much but for anxious mums it means a lot, writes freelance journalist Nell Frizzell

Folic acid: new research is a ‘gamechanger’ in push to fortify British foods

Study concludes there is no need for an upper limit on folate, removing a further barrier to mandatory fortification that would prevent birth defects