‘All my friends had some nightmare experience trying to get pregnant. My story took the cake’
At five months pregnant, Ariel Levy lost her baby. After four more years of IVF, had she left motherhood too late?
Pregnancy sickness can kill – why are doctors so uninformed about it?
The agony of hyperemesis gravidarum can drive expectant mothers to terminate. That’s because the support they desperately need is still lacking
Test all pregnant women for smoking, say NHS chiefs
The plan, which is supported by the Royal College of Midwives, is part of a wider drive to discourage cigarettes at hospitals
It costs £83 to treat postnatal depression. So why must so many women suffer?
A report shows only 7% of women with pregnancy-related mental health problems get the specialist care they need. We need a more holistic approach
The app that aims to tackle the chronic NHS midwife shortage
Ask the Midwife provides fully qualified advice on pregnancy and baby health, and taps into a trend for women to consult apps during pregnancy
Sarfraz Manzoor: Our long, hard battle to have a second child
We had our daughter without a problem, so when my wife and I decided to try for a second baby, we never imagined we would need repeated IVF
‘There will be more deaths’: NGOs on Trump’s anti-abortion rule
We asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses
How risky are caesarean births?
This week an inquest found that Frances Cappuccini, a 30-year-old primary school teacher, died unnecessarily when a caesarean went wrong. What are the dangers – and the facts?
A moment that changed me: holding the newborn baby I never thought I’d have
As a gay man I doubted I’d become a father. With my son in my arms for the first time, I wept – for myself growing up in care and for the future with a family
The sad truth about having a baby: ‘cattle’ care is now the norm
A new report confirms our worst fears about lack of midwives and lack of continuity. The situation is frustrating and dangerous – and it’s getting worse