How can I lose my pregnancy weight?

Health panel: Four years after a Caesarean, my once-flat stomach is wobbly with cellulite and the extra pounds just won't shift. How can I regain my pre-childbirth shape - and my confidence?

The pregnancy police are watching you

In the US, women of child-bearing age are being advised to consider themselves 'pre-pregnant' at all times, by giving up smoking, drinking and drugs. What are the implications of treating people as glorified incubators, asks Diane Taylor.

Seven ways to survive pregnancy

Cramps, nausea, insomnia - carrying a baby is not all glowing skin and maternal calm, but Jane Bainbridge has some advice on alleviating the downside.

Work that bump, help your baby

Exercise in pregnancy is great, claims a new report. Too right, says Peta Bee, who swam and jogged daily until her son's birth - even though she had to wear three sports bras.

Babies on ice

Egg freezing started out as a necessity for the infertile, but it is fast becoming a back-up plan for the busy. So is this the perfect solution for those who want to delay motherhood - or the ultimate admission that pregnancy and the workplace don't mix? Viv Groskop hears the views of doctors, happy parents and mothers-in-waiting.

Testing, testing

It started with pregnancy kits 20 years ago and now you can buy home diagnosis tests for dozens of ailments, from cancer to high cholesterol. They are certainly handy, but should we trust them, asks Joanna Moorhead.