How a video game helped me reclaim my body after having a baby

Pregnancy, birth and looking after your child put a huge strain on your body – Nintendo’s Ring Fit can help you reclaim it

Is drinking coffee safe during your pregnancy? Get ready for some nuance

We live in the real world where pregnant people are people and shouldn’t be locked in a cage of guilt for nine months

Share your experiences of pregnancy and giving birth while in prison

Whether you or someone you know has been pregnant or given birth behind bars, we would like to hear from you

The 12-week pregnancy rule makes the pain of miscarriage worse

The secrecy around early pregnancy means that many women grieve in private, weighed down by feelings of guilt and failure, says author Katy Lindemann

How a pioneering study of child health has influenced a generation of parents

Prof Jean Golding has been tracking the ‘Children of the 90s’ for nearly 30 years, most recently finding a 50% increase in rates of prenatal depression

Virtual reality headsets to distract women from the pain of labour? Dream on

No coral reefs or dancing penguins can distract from the overwhelming experience of giving birth, says columnist and writer Nell Frizzell

Mums-to-be reject baby showers for ‘mother blessings’

Increasingly popular spiritual gatherings controversially borrow from Navajo traditions

‘I lost my baby then I lost my job’ – one mother’s fight to change working rights

Amy McKeown explains why her traumatic experience has inspired her to campaign for better employment protection for women

‘My oestrogen levels were all over the place’: when men have ‘sympathy pregnancies’

From morning sickness to a swollen belly, some expectant fathers say they share their partners’ symptoms. But how is that possible?

The rise of Big Sperm: does the tech world have the answer to our semen crisis?

Sperm counts in western men are falling, and nobody is sure why. But relax – because help is here, with everything from home-testing kits to sperm-freezing