At last, a doctor who respects older mothers
Lynsey Hanley: David Richmond recognises why women are having babies later – they want to take control of their lives
Top maternity doctor: increasing age of first motherhood is irreversible
No point in warning women to have children by age of 35 as they are making conscious decision, says David Richmond
Being pregnant felt like being in drag
Kira Cochrane: As a butch lesbian, AK Summers had to cope with the challenge of living in her pregnant – suddenly feminised – body
How a child’s food preferences begin in the womb
Tests have shown that what a woman eats during her pregnancy is easily detectable in her amniotic fluid, and the foetus develops a taste for familiar flavours
Tales of pregnancy and childbirth: the world wide womb
Global traditions have much to teach us on pregnancy and childbirth. In the run-up to Mother's Day, a new book reveals what we can learn from Japan's sumo wrestlers, the generous Finns and Moldova's fear of fish, writes Amy Fleming
Court of appeal to decide whether heavy drinking while pregnant is a crime
Local authority's case against woman who had child with foetal alcohol syndrome could have far-reaching legal implications
Four women given pioneering womb transplants impregnated via IVF
Swedish medical team hoping for world first as women born without uterus or who lost it to cancer get embryo transfers
What is the effect of pro-life pregnancy advice centres?
They pretend to offer impartial help, but what kind of harm do these unregulated centres have on vulnerable young women, asks Eva Wiseman
Female refugees from Syria ‘blighted by gynaecological illness and stress’
Study of women who have fled to Lebanon criticises serious lack of antenatal and general health care
Birth weight is strongly affected by the mother’s own diet as a child
A pregnant woman's diet may have much less effect on her baby's health than what she ate in her own childhood