The father’s a Viking
Jessica McCallin wanted to have a child on her own using donated sperm. But it's not that easy in Britain. Then she heard about Denmark's booming artificial insemination industry
Getting fit is about more than losing weight
Why are women told that exercise is a way to lose weight, when so many of us enjoy sport for how it makes us feel, not how it makes us look?
Would you squeeze your pregnancy bump into control pants?
Maternity control underwear promises to support your back, and give you a lean silhouette throughout your pregnancy. But does it do you any good?
Midwives condemn ‘campaign against home births’
Researchers scare women into thinking home birth is not a safe option, says Royal College of Midwives
Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to . . . the menopause
You may put on weight more easily, and have mood swings and more headaches than usual
Torn apart by childbirth
For a few women in the UK, giving birth results in traumatic, life-changing injuries, reports Joanna Moorhead
Hormone implant use rises five-fold, contraception figures show
Increase in use of devices attributed to greater access and education work at schools and sexual health clinics
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
Should girls have access to the pill over the counter?
Rowenna Davis and Jill Kirby: Two writers take differing views on an Isle of Wight scheme allowing young girls to receive the pill direct from pharmacists
I hope contraceptive gel will replace the imperfect pill
Mary Fitzgerald: A seeming lack of side effects could make a new gel revolutionary. Perhaps one day contraception will even be sexy