‘I still haven’t ruled out the possibility of lopping them off and starting again. Having had fake tits for nearly eight years now, it doesn’t seem such a big jump’

Self-confessed 'ageorexic' Christa D'Souza describes her experience of breast cancer

The denim dream comes alive again

The reluctant dieter: The reality is that as you get bigger, your clothing options get much, much smaller

How to stay well when expecting

You are more susceptible to illness during pregnancy, but with many medicines off limits, what are the best ways to safely treat your ailments? Peta Bee reports

Giving birth made me psychotic

After giving birth Rachel Brand fell victim to post-natal depression. But she was also suffering from a much rarer condition

Acupuncture ‘helps women have babies’

Ancient Chinese therapy improves chances of conceiving through IVF treatment, study finds

How has The Joy of Sex changed since 1972?

Stuart Jeffries: Psychologist Susan Quilliam has updated the original with 43 new sections and it offers a woman's perspective for the first time

Only the clotheshorses can buck fashion’s thin fixation

Hadley Freeman: The labels won't, and nor will the glossies. It takes the likes of Kate Moss to challenge the addiction to skinny models

The rise of the ‘rexics’: another illness we made up earlier

Laura Barton: A short time ago newspapers and glossy magazines began to expand the world of 'rexics'

Why plant a placenta? It makes a great lasagne

Laura Barton: Actor Matthew McConaughey has revealed that he plans to plant the placenta of his newborn son. How unoriginal

Do you really need a ‘mommy makeover’?

Viv Groskop on the the controversial craze for pelvic-floor fitness