I’ve got a seven-month-old baby. How do I make sure she doesn’t feel the same body shame I did?

Bracing a child for a bad outcome can teach them to expect it, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Fortunately time is on your side

Menopausal women lack basic support, landmark survey finds

Around 80% say workplaces have no policies or help in place, and 45% avoid speaking to GP due to stigma

The language of maternity is alive and well – so why not expand it to include trans parents?

The use of gender-inclusive language around childbirth is purely about respect, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

How will we count the cost of having a baby during a pandemic?

For everyone who went through a birth in the early days of lockdown, the longer-term effects and anxieties will take years to process, says Eva Wiseman

I thought vaginismus would end my sex life – but it was just the beginning

The pain of penetrative sex meant my partner and I had to explore other options, says journalist Shiler Mahmoudi

Dentists would not treat my toothache – now my health has been wrecked for ever

I was fit and healthy when I first felt pain in a molar. After numerous dentists and doctors left it untreated, there were knock-on effects throughout my body. Today I am in constant pain and look almost unrecognisable

A new start after 60: ‘I won MasterChef – and finally learned to believe in myself’

Life as a retired banker bored Irini Tzortzoglou, so she decided to enter MasterChef. She trained hard, won the competition and now works as a chef, writer and public speaker

‘I was told they didn’t offer C-sections’ – the dangerous obsession with ‘natural births’

Amid recent maternity scandals, women are speaking out about not being listened to when having a baby – in some cases with terrible consequences

At-home abortions made women safer. Ending them in England would be disastrous

In the US, women’s access to abortion is being chipped away - we cannot allow the same creep in Westminster, says MP Diana Johnson

Stop charging migrant women for NHS maternity care, RCOG urges

Exclusive: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says policy is harming health of pregnant women and babies