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
Pregnancy: the hard facts Economics professor Emily Oster's new book Expecting Better cuts through the myths and faulty data on pregnancy
How do I address my pregnancy with a new employer? Work advice: I don't want to anger the company, but I may only be in the job for around four months before I go on maternity leave