Why I wrote a comedy show about incontinence

As a physiotherapist, I know a third of women don’t have reliable body control. I wanted to raise awareness of this taboo subject at Edinburgh festival

Don’t infantilise pregnant women. Tell them how tough breastfeeding can be

Of course British attitudes need to change, but let’s be honest, telling women about how wondrous breastfeeding can be is to tell only half the story, writes Guardian journalist Lizzie Davies

Pregnancy mythbusting: from ‘eating for two’ to pineapple bringing on labour

The idea that women need to eat a lot of extra food when they are pregnant has endured, but it’s not the only nonsense expectant parents have to put up with

Morning-after pill apology is hard to swallow

Boots has said sorry in the row over its emergency pill, but its comments reveal how women are still judged on contraception and sex

Boots faces boycott over refusal to lower cost of morning-after pill

Tesco and Superdrug halve price of emergency contraceptive after charity campaign, but Boots retains higher price

Am I pregnant? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Freelance journalist Nell Frizzell answers this common query

Pregnant in the field: have trowel, will travel

An archaeologist gave birth to a new photographic genre by asking fellow scientists to post snaps of themselves digging while expecting

‘I’m eating pork pies like two decades of vegetarianism never happened’

Pregnancy brings with it cravings, aversions and a nostalgia for the food of one’s childhood – scotch eggs, fish and chips, or more meat than seems reasonable

Experience: I went into labour after running a marathon

I had gone in with no expectations, but I felt good, so I just kept going. Half an hour after finishing, I felt the first contractions

Obese women more likely to have babies with serious birth defects, says study

Increased risk of health problems including heart defects, digestive anomalies and malformations of genitals or limbs revealed by major study