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

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

Experience: pregnancy sickness nearly killed me

Sarah Button: 'One week, I was unable to keep anything down for five consecutive days, and one day, I was sick 50 times'

Let’s talk about miscarriage

Women and men often feel reluctant to discuss what is a distressing and bewildering - but far from rare - experience, writes Claire Daly in the run-up to International Baby Loss Awareness Day

Pregnant women shouldn’t be policed by media hype on binge drinking

Lola Okolosie: If women are seeking abortions because of fears they have damaged their foetus, it shows how ingrained the message is that we’re unfit to control our pregnant bodies

Womb transplant birth worth the risk, says mother

First woman to give birth from transplanted uterus says pregnancy option was perfect idea despite lack of guarantees

Low postpartum oxytocin levels linked to poor mother-daughter bond

Australian study finds women with troubled relationship with their mother may struggle to bond with their own children

Hyperemesis gravidarum: ‘Kate Middleton’s ongoing condition is much worse than just morning sickness’

Doctors can be slow to realise how debilitating the condition can be for pregnant mothers, as I know from experience, says Miriam Phillips

Are you a good mother? Stop asking and just enjoy being a parent

Jessica Valenti: You’re sure to get two things when you become a mother: a cute baby and a brutal inferiority complex

Caesarean section rates in South Africa ‘recklessly high’, warn experts

Up to 90% of pregnant private hospital patients opt for C-section in parts of Cape Town, far exceeding WHO limit of 15%