‘Mothers are livid. We’ve had enough!’ The pregnant women being forced out of the workplace

Joeli Brearley, founder of the charity Pregnant Then Screwed, says the pandemic has caused a surge of discrimination against pregnant women and mothers at work. She explains what needs to be done to fight back

Three families, one sperm donor: the day we met our daughter’s sisters

Every year, thousands of British children are conceived with the help of donor sperm. But few ever meet their siblings...

For those who want children, Covid has intensified the ‘panic years’

The pandemic has put everyone’s life out of sync but for some in their 30s, the turmoil has added complications, says Nell Frizzell, author of The Panic Years

My partner is pregnant – and the cost of giving birth in the US is stressing me out

It is the most expensive country in the world to have a baby, there is no way of knowing the bill in advance, and you can potentially be charged just for holding your newborn, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Pregnant women going for scans alone told they cannot film baby

Exclusive: NHS urged to act after survey finds some women wrongly warned taking photos is illegal

I enjoyed researching the bloody history of childbirth – then I had a baby

My new novel is about a midwife’s daughter in the old American west. The peril pregnant women underwent, then and now, became all too vivid once I became a parent

A roll about and a curry? Danny Dyer’s guide to bringing on labour

It may not be rooted in science but Danny Dyer is often right – so should expectant mothers be following his advice?

I was fearful of my daughter’s Down syndrome diagnosis. I had much to learn and more to unlearn

As noninvasive prenatal screening becomes more common in Australia, Elizabeth Callinan wonders what it would have been like to get a high-chance result

Have you seen the price of sperm? It’s time to democratise fertility treatment

Having a baby by IVF or IUI shouldn’t be something only the wealthy or lucky can do. We need to widen access – though I’m not sure EmbryoGlue can help

Most new and expectant mothers feel more anxious due to Covid, finds survey

Research by charity Tommy’s also found myths relating to pregnancy were still circulating