Row over swine flu advice to women wanting babies Charity accused of scaremongering after telling parents that delaying pregnancy could cut risk of catching virus
A painful lecture on labour Maureen Freely: Denis Walsh may be right that epidurals bring their own risks, but he shouldn't tell mothers about the moral value of pain
It’s good for women to suffer the pain of a natural birth, says medical chief Professor: mother and child would benefit if 'epidural epidemic' gave way to yoga and hypnosis
Not just pills and condoms Anne Weyman: Messages on preventing pregnancy and disease have left better forms of contraception ignored
‘Time for Daddy to take one for the team’ Shaved, stressed and eyeing the scalpel ... Michael Lewis on the joys of having a vasectomy
ProLife urges release of more data on abortion reasons Figures on terminations performed because of conditions such as cleft palate or webbed toes should be published, campaigners say
My girlfriend’s pregnancy is ruining my figure Sam Leith: More than half of all expectant fathers experience some of the physical symptoms of pregnancy
I didn’t love my baby Experience: It's the one thing you can rely on, all the pregnancy books said. That indescribable rush of love when they put the baby on your belly for the first time.
Teenage girls don’t choose pregnancy Madeleine Bunting: The success of Hackney and Blackburn's sex education scheme disproves the link between deprivation and teen mums