Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans – report The harm to babies and mothers is one of the warnings being sent to Cop29 decision-makers by leading scientists
Do you want kids? It’s finally OK to simply say no If birth rates are falling it could be down to choosing childlessness, rather than economics or infertility
Why pickles and ice-cream? The science of strangely specific pregnancy cravings Salty or sweet, nutritional or not – there may be hankerings for unexpected foods when pregnant, but beware the old adage of eating for two
Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives review – fresh take on pregnant-woman-in-peril horror Unfolding in what looks like a single take, Thomas Sieben sends his protagonist into a house that’s haunted by historical trauma
Scans capture sweeping reorganisation of brain in pregnancy MRIs taken from before conception until two years after birth show some short-lived changes and some lasting years
As our friends with kids become grandparents, it reignites the sadness of being childless not by choice At times we fear a future without the anchor of family. But love bombs from the many children in our life can be great defibrillators for a blown-up heart
Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise, study finds Environmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests
Young people’s health at risk from fall in condom use, warns WHO International survey of 250,000 15-year-olds found nearly a third of them did not use a condom or the pill
‘I wasn’t sure I’d make it’: how a new mother’s brush with TB could mean better treatment for pregnant women Fewer that 1.5% of drugs trials between 1960 and 2013 included expectant women. Now, campaigners and doctors are aiming to change that