BBC presenter goes into labour after appearing on live TV

Victoria Fritz, who reports business news on BBC Breakfast, gave birth to a boy with fellow newsreader as birthing partner

The New Man review – funny, fearful fatherhood

In a painfully honest documentary, film-maker Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself as his partner’s pregnancy causes him severe existential angst

Why I spoke out about losing my newborn daughter

My speech in the Commons about the loss of my baby girl was the hardest thing I’ve ever written. But it was worth it to shine a light on the lack of support for bereaved parents

MP Vicky Foxcroft gives moving speech about losing her baby

Several members of Commons in tears during Labour MP’s account of her five-day-old daughter’s death

Facing my fear: I wanted to have a baby. But as a trans man, I was terrified of labor

Would an event centered around parts of my body with which I felt extreme discomfort send me into a panic?

Stillbirths to cost Australian economy $680m over next five years, report finds

Stillbirth Foundation calls for public health campaign and greater investment in research and prevention

‘A baby made his first sound on the 106 bus’: readers share amazing birth stories

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools let their eldest daughters watch the birth of their sibling this week. You told us about the births you’ve witnessed

Giving birth the Jools Oliver way – letting the kids watch

Jamie Oliver and wife Jools had their fifth child this week. With their eldest daughters watching the delivery and cutting the cord. Nothing wrong with that, says a top midwife

Have you been present at the birth of someone else’s baby?

Jamie Oliver’s children witnessed their mother, Jools, give birth this week. Have you seen someone experience childbirth?

Japan’s $1m fertility gambit to help women become mothers

With the country’s population in decline, Urayasu plans to spend 90m yen to preserve women’s eggs for future use