I wasted £30,000 trying to have a baby I didn’t want

Single and in her 40s, Claudia Connell decided to have a baby – it was now or never. But during her third IVF attempt, she began to regret the whole idea

Pregnant mothers who exercise boost babies’ brains, claim researchers

Weekly exercise by mothers linked to better mental performance in later life

The cash the NHS spends on insurance for births could fund better services

Joanna Moorhead: Rather than lawyers and litigation, let's put our resources into supporting babies and their parents

Why men decide to become single dads

You're successful at work, happily single – and desperate to become a father. What happens when men get baby hunger? Nicholas Blincoe meets the parents who have decided to go it alone through surrogacy or adoption

Child marriage could trigger surge in Africa’s under-15s pregnancy rate – UN

UN population survey predicts steep climb in young girls giving birth in sub-Saharan Africa unless child marriage is banned

Why pregnant women are warned about everything

Zoe Williams: There is a political subtext to the toxins-under-the-bed overinterpretation of new research into plastic food packaging and miscarriages

What I’m really thinking: the older pregnant woman

'Ten years ago I was single and self-employed, too interested in the high life for children'

Expecting Better by Emily Oster – review

Does a glass of wine harm baby? Zoe Williams on why all the advice about pregnancy is wrong

Health of pregnant women and babies jeopardised by weight, shows study

Analysis of women's pregnancies in Scotland highlights problem of obesity during pregnancy and growing financial costs to NHS

Women diagnosed with foetal anomaly ‘denied surgical abortions’

Charity claims women who terminate pregnancy in such cases are being forced to go through labour to deliver dead children