Is alcohol during pregnancy harmful?

The NHS advises pregnant women to avoid alcohol altogether, but studies suggest drinking in moderation does no damage

Foetal damage caused by alcohol ‘equivalent to attempted manslaughter’

Lawyers pursuing compensation claim on behalf of child, say mother’s heavy drinking constitutes crime of poisoning

What I’m really thinking: the IVF patient

‘Scans revealed that I hadn’t miscarried but the embryo had attached itself to the scar tissue in my cervix. If left there, I’d die’

My daughter, who has depression, is considering IVF to become a single mother

She has come off antidepressants to prepare for pregnancy, but is she doing the right thing? Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader

Don’t judge Robbie Williams for live-tweeting his little angel’s birth

Ally Fogg: There’s an awful lot of hanging around involved in childbirth, and Ayda Field didn’t seem to mind, so what’s the problem?

High-fliers have more babies, according to study

Growing wealth divide allows high-fliers who can afford childcare to have families, study suggests

By removing photos of childbirth, Facebook is censoring powerful female images

Milli Hill: Birth is a fundamental feminist issue right now - women’s bodies should not be sanitised. Facebook should let us see it as it is

Gaps in mental health care for new mothers cost UK £8bn a year – study

Maternal Mental Health Alliance says NHS would need to spend £337m a year to bring care up to recommended levels

Postnatal depression: ‘I went downhill very fast’

Joanna Friend was given tranquillisers and antidepressants, and spent a week on a psychiatric unit when she relapsed

Pregnancy and the food of love

Mike Power’s partner had severe morning sickness so he tempted her to eat by cooking a different dish every day till the baby was born