The woman who showed me how difficult it is to be pregnant and poor
She was homeless, isolated, vulnerable and completely alone. Every day people walked past her and ignored her
The New Man review – painfully intimate
A frank but unremarkable record by parents-to-be becomes profoundly moving when complications arise
New man becomes new dad – the very hard way
About to become a father for the first time, film director Josh Appignanesi turned the camera on himself and his pregnant wife. But what started as a light-hearted project suddenly turned very serious
I donate 10 litres of breast milk a week
Breast milk is often the only thing a very sick or premature baby can tolerate. The thought of helping other tiny babies and their worried mums meant a lot to me
French mothers don’t suffer from bladder incontinence. And nor should you
Unlike Nadia Sawalha, I am a stranger to urinary accidents, even after four vaginal births – because I’ve had my pelvic floor electronically re-educated
NHS to offer safer Down’s syndrome test to pregnant women
Non-invasive prenatal test allows screening without risk of miscarriage but critics fear it could lead to an increase in terminations
The women hounded for giving birth outside the system
Some women who opt for alternative births are being forced towards medical intervention or threatened with social services, yet they are doing nothing wrong
Instagram-filtered images of celebrities ‘put pregnant women’s health at risk’
Photoshopped images and exercise myths leave mothers-to-be fearful and confused
More babies face health risks due to obese parents, experts warn
Doctors say increasing number of babies worldwide face serious problems, such as brain damage, strokes and heart disease
Facing my fear: I wanted to have a baby. But as a trans man, I was terrified of labor
Would an event centered around parts of my body with which I felt extreme discomfort send me into a panic?