These brave mothers’ stories must chip away at the stigma of postnatal mental illness

One in 10 women suffers from pregnancy-related mental health problems, but fear stops them asking for help. A BBC documentary shows it doesn’t have to be that way

Eating your placenta – is it healthy or just weird?

Celebrities like January Jones and the Kardashians are doing it. But is the practice of placentophagy simply a fad, or are there actual health benefits to consuming one’s own placenta?

New baby, crying, no sleep … retreat to France!

A postnatal wellbeing week – with baby – proved a great way for Stuart Heritage and his wife to recuperate from the chaos of becoming new parents

Night terrors: ‘His eyes were open but he wasn’t awake’

My son woke up at 11.45pm and screamed until his throat was raw at 3am. Just when you think you’ve got all the answers to parenting …

If women are told to fear alcohol, they must also be told they have choice

We need less fear-mongering and more support for women who need reproductive healthcare – including abortion care

My mommy tax: six months of nursing cost more than a year of formula

Studies that show breastfeeding is the cheapest way to feed children are gauging overall economic impact, not what it can cost individual families

Cancer patient mother says she would have kept her baby ‘in my tummy’

Heidi Loughlin says she would not have chosen to deliver baby 12 weeks early to undergo chemotherapy had she known daughter would not survive

Zika virus likely to spread throughout the Americas, says WHO

Drug companies evaluate existing vaccine technology as only Canada and Chile expected to be free of mosquito-borne disease

Is sharing residency better for children’s mental health?

Divorce and separation can have a hugely detrimental impact on children. But Swedish studies show that having them live with each parent half the time is the best way to help them cope

‘They take over your life and then, one day, they walk off with it’: life before and after children

A baby changes everything. So how does it feel when they’re all grown and gone? Photographer Dona Schwartz meets expectant parents and empty-nesters