Experience: I went into labour after running a marathon

I had gone in with no expectations, but I felt good, so I just kept going. Half an hour after finishing, I felt the first contractions

Obese women more likely to have babies with serious birth defects, says study

Increased risk of health problems including heart defects, digestive anomalies and malformations of genitals or limbs revealed by major study

What to expect when you’re expecting at university

Having a baby at university can seem impossible – but help is available for pregnant students who know where to look

Global study finds 75% of pregnant women don’t have healthy weight gain

Data from Asia, US and Europe finds 23% do not gain enough weight and more than 50% gain too much, increasing risk of premature birth and caesareans

Can mindfulness reduce fear of labour and postpartum depression?

Anxiety about labour – and what might come afterwards – causes stress for expectant mothers and increases risk in childbirth. But there could be a natural solution

The vital but invisible early lessons that last a lifetime

At the core of a happy, healthy adult is the resilience they learn as a child. Can this be taught, asks psychiatrist Holan Liang

Born to do it? Why pop’s pregnant pause could be coming to an end

As musicians from Rebekka Karijord to Tori Amos begin to explore birth, perhaps pregnancy in music could become less taboo

Teenagers’ sleep quality and mental health at risk over late-night mobile phone use

Researchers advise ‘physical boundaries’ over devices in bedrooms after study finds poor sleep associated with phone use linked to depressed moods

Modern tribes: the pregnant oversharer

We were only just thinking it might be a good time when, bam, the stick goes blue. Here, I’ll show you… no?

Pregnant women don’t need a blanket ban on drinking. They need the facts

Giving mothers-to-be advice with no scientific basis is patronising and coercive. Women have the right to see the evidence and make their own decisions