A moment that changed me: it’s my third miscarriage and I’m losing the plot

I need people to know what has happened to me, but I’m disgusted with myself for not coping

How text messages and volunteer midwives are saving lives in Rwanda

The UN estimates 590,000 children have been saved, with deaths now at 42 per 1,000 births compared with 300 in 1994

These brave mothers’ stories must chip away at the stigma of postnatal mental illness

One in 10 women suffers from pregnancy-related mental health problems, but fear stops them asking for help. A BBC documentary shows it doesn’t have to be that way

‘I’d always thought I would fight for my child no matter what. But I didn’t’

Forced to decide between a severely disabled baby unlikely to live long, or a late abortion, Joy Freeman chose the latter. She talks to people who faced a similar choice and finds that men and women deal with it very differently

Eating your placenta – is it healthy or just weird?

Celebrities like January Jones and the Kardashians are doing it. But is the practice of placentophagy simply a fad, or are there actual health benefits to consuming one’s own placenta?

If women are told to fear alcohol, they must also be told they have choice

We need less fear-mongering and more support for women who need reproductive healthcare – including abortion care

Zika outbreak raises fears of rise in deaths from unsafe abortions

Campaigners urge governments in Latin America to rethink bans on abortion and make contraception widely available

Cancer patient mother says she would have kept her baby ‘in my tummy’

Heidi Loughlin says she would not have chosen to deliver baby 12 weeks early to undergo chemotherapy had she known daughter would not survive

Zika virus likely to spread throughout the Americas, says WHO

Drug companies evaluate existing vaccine technology as only Canada and Chile expected to be free of mosquito-borne disease

‘They take over your life and then, one day, they walk off with it’: life before and after children

A baby changes everything. So how does it feel when they’re all grown and gone? Photographer Dona Schwartz meets expectant parents and empty-nesters