Thursday briefing: What the UK’s first womb transplant means for the future of fertility
In today’s newsletter: does the UK’s first successful womb transplant mean that men could one day carry babies?
Matrescence by Lucy Jones review – smashing motherhood myths
A thrilling examination of what it means to become a mother challenges assumptions in bravura fashion
More than one in 10 women struggle to bond with their baby, survey shows
73% of surveyed women say they received no information on bonding in first weeks after giving birth
‘Between pleasure and health’: how sex-tech firms are reinventing the vibrator
A new wave of sex toys is designed to combine orgasmic joy with relief from dryness, tension and pain
Access to contraception has got harder in England, top doctor says
Lesley Regan, women’s health ambassador for England, says ‘destructive’ changes to NHS system in 2012 are failing women
What is Primodos and why were 100 UK families seeking compensation?
Concerns about birth defects first raised in 1960s but evidence for causal link to pregnancy test remains contentious
‘I was sick with pain – but doctors thought I was a hypochondriac’: the spreading agony of kidney stones
Up to one in 10 of us will get kidney stones, according to the NHS. Even teenagers are at risk from what was long seen as an older man’s affliction. Why – and what can we do to prevent them?
Failure to recognise ectopic pregnancy causing women’s deaths, says expert
Prof Marian Knight says action needed to improve diagnosis of condition in which fertilised egg implants itself outside womb
The secret to getting more out of exercise? It’s not what you do – it’s when you do it
Current science suggests that chrono-activity or adjusting our regimes to suit our body clocks, plus short, sharp workouts, are the key to a beneficial exercise routine
‘I sleep better, I feel incredible and my energy levels are through the roof’: the one exercise that finally worked
A 75-day six-pack programme, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, women-only weightlifting and Couch to 5k: four writers on finding their perfect route to fitness