Too scared to push: big rise reported in birth trauma
Services set up to reduce demand for caesareans as midwives report trauma cases 'growing at alarming rate'
Girls who have disrupted childhoods get pregnant younger, study suggests
Not being breastfed, an absent father, moving house frequently and lack of involvement of parents in upbringing all brought forward age of first pregnancy
Common painkillers could be linked to male reproductive disorder
Scientists find link between mild painkiller use in pregnancy and raised risk of having a son with cryptorchidism
Lily Allen battling with blood poisoning brought on by second miscarriage
Pop star, 25, taken to hospital by ambulance but said to be responding well to treatment
Too young to be a mother?
A 10-year-old girl giving birth to a baby in Spain has caused outrage. But she and her family seem happy, so why should we be worried? Giles Tremlett investigates
The lonely pain of miscarriage
Cathryn Scott: If anything positive can be taken from Lily Allen's terrible news, it is that miscarriage may become less of a taboo subject
Hungary: Midwife Agnes Gereb taken to court for championing home births
Gynaecologist faces five years in Hungarian prison, prompting protests over authorities' hardline childbirth policy
Scientists find cause of pre-eclampsia
Discovery could lead to treatment for life-threatening condition that can kill pregnant women and their babies
Pregnant women added to flu jab list
Government urges mothers-to-be to take up offer in case of a resurgence of swine flu this winter
Doctor, doctor: Whenever I eat, my nose runs – why?
What's causing my runny nose at mealtimes? Plus a severe case of morning sickness. Dr Tom Smith answers readers' medical questions