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Experts say restrictions on socialising during Covid crisis may have led more women to seek to preserve fertilityThere has been a dramatic rise in the number of women freezing their eggs in the UK, while more single people are opting for IVF, figures s…
Writer of comic medical memoir This is Going to Hurt reveals surrogacy on BBC’s Desert Island Discs Adam Kay, the author of This is Going to Hurt, the bestselling “secret diary” of a junior doctor, is now the father of two babies, he has revealed.Kay,…
More than 62% of fathers would take more time off after births if statutory pay rate was increased, poll findsAlmost a third of fathers took no paternity leave after the birth of their child, as a result of the UK’s “measly” paternity leave rights, acc…
Ombudsman rules that hospital in Nowy Targ failed to tell Dorota Lalik, 33, that her life was in danger and could be saved by an abortion“Stop killing us,” protesters across Poland chanted this evening, demanding the legalisation of abortion, after rep…
Children’s books featuring protagonists with ADHD or autism are going to the highest bidderChildren’s books that feature neurodiverse main characters are the latest publishing trend, experts have said.Publishers, which were previously reluctant to appr…
73% of surveyed women say they received no information on bonding in first weeks after giving birthMore than one in 10 women struggle to bond with their baby, with the majority saying they are given no support from healthcare staff, a survey has found….
Move into separate rooms can mark a new beginning as couple are well rested and happier, claims expertSleeping in separate rooms due to a snoring partner could improve people’s relationships rather than marking the end, a leading sleep scientist has sa…
Lesley Regan, women’s health ambassador for England, says ‘destructive’ changes to NHS system in 2012 are failing womenWomen are finding it harder to access contraception than they did a decade ago, resulting in more unplanned pregnancies, the women’s …
Parents and schools across Greystones adopt voluntary ‘no-smartphone code’ in bid to curb peer pressureOn the principle of strength in numbers, parents in the Irish town of Greystones have banded together to collectively tell their children they cannot…
Logan Roy, take note: it is possible to handle generational transition in a healthy way, say some UK business dynastiesDon and Lewis Ledingham, a father and son from Edinburgh and London, are “huge, absolutely addicted” fans of the TV programme Success…