LGA urges councils and NHS to provide more help for children’s mental health LGA report cites assemblies on mental health and peer mentors as initiatives schools and centres could use to tackle anxiety and depression
Am I ready to have a baby? You asked Google – here’s the answer Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
Most women undergoing fertility treatment will give birth within five years Danish study showed 71% were successful within timeframe but chances of success were strongly linked to age, said researchers
Fertility experts urge UK to adopt new DNA screening for IVF embryos Mitochondrial DNA quantification could help doctors select embryos with the best of chance of leading to a pregnancy, research shows
My OCD reared its ugly head when I tried to come off medication to start a family 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
Life is peddling misinformation with its online anti-abortion drive 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
Doctors edge closer to creating babies with DNA from three people Studies on embryos made with extra DNA showed majority were indistinguishable from standard IVF embryos
Greg Rutherford freezes sperm over Olympics Zika fears Long jumper’s partner also reveals she and their son will not attend Rio Games amid concerns about disease affecting newborns
My mother said all the wrong things after my miscarriage. But that’s not a surprise Miscarriage and still birth remain taboo subjects – and that means few of us know what to say when they happen
So now pregnancy is a prize for women who lead a ‘good life’ Urging obese and abused people to delay conception sends a message that some babies shouldn’t be born