Makeup, floss and hair dye use in pregnancy leads to more PFAS in breast milk – study

‘Forever chemicals’ pose health threat to developing children and linked with preterm birth, shorter lactation

Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans – report

The harm to babies and mothers is one of the warnings being sent to Cop29 decision-makers by leading scientists

Do you want kids? It’s finally OK to simply say no

If birth rates are falling it could be down to choosing childlessness, rather than economics or infertility

Why pickles and ice-cream? The science of strangely specific pregnancy cravings

Salty or sweet, nutritional or not – there may be hankerings for unexpected foods when pregnant, but beware the old adage of eating for two

Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives review – fresh take on pregnant-woman-in-peril horror

Unfolding in what looks like a single take, Thomas Sieben sends his protagonist into a house that’s haunted by historical trauma

Scans capture sweeping reorganisation of brain in pregnancy

MRIs taken from before conception until two years after birth show some short-lived changes and some lasting years

As our friends with kids become grandparents, it reignites the sadness of being childless not by choice

At times we fear a future without the anchor of family. But love bombs from the many children in our life can be great defibrillators for a blown-up heart

Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise, study finds

Environmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests

Young people’s health at risk from fall in condom use, warns WHO

International survey of 250,000 15-year-olds found nearly a third of them did not use a condom or the pill