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
Anti-abortion clinics should be clearly labelled as such – or shut down
Kate Smurthwaite: It is terrifying 'crisis pregnancy centres' are lying to women to suit their agenda – and the NHS isn't stopping them doing it
A miscarriage tore our friendship apart
Being pregnant at the same time was a dream come true for best friends Anna Wharton and Jane Gould. Then one had a miscarriage
There are very good reasons a foetus cannot be a victim of crime
Zoe Williams: Criminalising women who drink while pregnant would set a profoundly dangerous legal precedent. Support for the idea is driven by wild overestimates of foetal alcohol syndrome
Three in four women happy to endorse their own maternity unit
NHS England publishes 'family and friends test' surveying women's responses to antenatal and postnatal services
False positive pregnancy tests: for sale on the internet
Lucy Mangan: Fancy a slice of revenge? Or just some fun pranking friends? Either way, now for less than a tenner your worst impulses can be indulged
Eating nuts during pregnancy is safe, new research suggests
Study of more than 8,000 children in the US casts doubt on advice to pregnant women to avoid eating nuts
A caesarean must be a choice – whatever the circumstances
Lisa Hallgarten: Allegations of forced intervention in the pregnancy of an Italian woman raise questions about autonomy over childbirth
I gave birth in our car – twice!
Joanna Moorhead: Faye and Carl Lygo didn't make it to the maternity hospital – she gave birth in the back of the car on the way. And it happened to them twice ...