10 minutes with… health and wellness entrepreneur Kate Percival
‘Women fill every second of their lives being busy and it is not healthy’ – the founder of women-only member’s club Grace Belgravia on the importance of ‘me time’
65-year-old woman’s IVF pregnancy branded irresponsible and inadvisable
Annegret Raunigk, the oldest woman in the world to be expecting quadruplets, has become a major topic of debate in her native Germany
Tasteless jokes about my miscarriage were my way of coping when I felt despair
After my miscarriage, my body was cruelly convinced I was still pregnant but I knew it was just a coffin for my child. I eventually accepted it wasn’t my fault
Sheila Kitzinger was unafraid to confront female sexuality on a daily basis
For me, the common thread in her books and wide-ranging commentary is her insistence that women’s experiences of pregnancy and parenting matter
17% of women diagnosed with breast cancer ‘waited over a month to see GP’
YouGov poll for Breast Cancer Care also found that one in 20 women wait over six months after spotting symptoms, with potentially fatal consequences
Childbirth expert and campaigner Sheila Kitzinger dies aged 86
Author and advocate for women’s freedom of choice in childbirth campaigned on range of issues including female genital mutilation
Ed Miliband accuses Tories of trying to ‘fund NHS on an IOU’
Labour leader promises to provide 3,000 extra midwives as he lambasts George Osborne’s pledge of an extra £8bn a year for health service
Menstruation: how to break this taboo in the classroom
My #periodpositive project is about boys and girls discussing reproductive health frankly, with humour – and undoing the damage done by femcare manufacturers’ language of shame
A handy guide for pregnant women when dealing with idiots
Ever had a stranger manhandle your bump? Did a random person at a party decide to monitor your alcohol intake? Here’s how to cope with such behaviour
The pains and gains of breastfeeding
We’re all told that breastfeeding is the best start you can give your baby, but it can also be bloody agony – both physically and emotionally. So give new mothers a break