Four in five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by the third trimester

‘My mother passed away without an apology. She fought all her life for me to get recognition,’ campaigner says

Help is now available for women with epilepsy to manage pregnancy and early motherhood

Recent controversial comments by Donald Trump and others have – at best – overstated any links between paracetamol use and rising autism diagnoses

Significant minority believe the Pill protects against STIs, survey by HSE reveals

Very close to birth, a woman asked me with a devilish smile what I would do if the child had red hair

Most such pregnancies proceed smoothly, an obstetrician says, and there are steps expectant mothers can take to reduce risks

Florence Welch emerges from a hurricane of angst with perhaps her finest and certainly her stormiest record to date

There is compassion in good design. You wouldn’t have a wedding planner and an undertaker share a reception

A recent HSE audit recommended that no-one who lived more than 30 minutes’ blue light distance from a maternity unit should be allowed to have a home birth

Breastfeeding rates for three-month-old babies in Offaly have moved from being one of the lowest in the country to one of the highest

The president of the Irish Medical Council explains how the way she sees life and death has been changed by the patients she has encountered - and the loss of her own child

Bernie and Crohan O’Kennedy could not conceive a baby naturally. Their daughter Pippa, ‘a long-awaited miracle’, arrived in July 2023

Workplace issues ‘one of the biggest challenges’ for those undergoing IVF

While some procedures in the UK may be ‘ethically questionable’, they have allowed for serious genetic conditions to be weeded out of babies’ DNA

Several politicians shared their experience of miscarriage in debate over leave for pregnancy loss

Claire Cullen secures evidence about concerns over equipment used in son Aaron’s resuscitation in 2016

Aaron Cullen died at Coombe Hospital after emergency Caesarean section in Portlaoise

Labour Party criticises delay to proposals to introduce leave for pregnancy loss

We mourn the loss of the ‘village’ in modern times, but I think the village begins elsewhere these days