Meet the mums in their 40s: four stories of having a baby later in life

The fertility rate is now higher among over-40s than under-20s for first time since 1947. But what’s it like to have your first child at this age?

Japan’s $1m fertility gambit to help women become mothers

With the country’s population in decline, Urayasu plans to spend 90m yen to preserve women’s eggs for future use

Research claims multivitamins and minerals do not improve mothers’ or babies’ health and are an unnecessary expense

LGA report cites assemblies on mental health and peer mentors as initiatives schools and centres could use to tackle anxiety and depression

Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries

Danish study showed 71% were successful within timeframe but chances of success were strongly linked to age, said researchers

Mitochondrial DNA quantification could help doctors select embryos with the best of chance of leading to a pregnancy, research shows

Trying to keep my unborn child from possible harm made me very ill. I learned the hard way that I don’t have a choice, but I accept that now

The charity is launching a targeted web-based campaign. It’s entitled to its views, but discussion should be fact-based, not full of biased rhetoric

Studies on embryos made with extra DNA showed majority were indistinguishable from standard IVF embryos