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A huge new study found women with BV were about three times as likely to also test positive for an STI.

What is cell-free DNA testing? A simple blood draw that screens for chromosomal conditions like Down syndrome—no risk to your pregnancy. Here's how it works.

England and Wales just hit their lowest fertility rate on record, and the usual suspect is getting the blame: women who "left it too late". I took it personally.

A huge US study links PMOS (previously PCOS) to 4 times the risk of heart disease — oof, that’s a big number. But what does it mean?

Why we salute every magpie we see, for a baby who isn't here yet. Our way of communicating with our future-baby.

A small new study has spotted a difference in hormone levels between women with a common type of epilepsy and women without it. Where it gets interesting is figuring out which came first.

Genetic testing before pregnancy, explained: what carrier screening checks for, what it won't catch, and how to decide if it's right for you.

Two and a half years, four losses and a lot of blood tests later, here's what nobody told me at the start.

Tinnitus is being called a hidden menopause symptom. But what does the research say?

Is your partner's phone to blame for postnatal depression? Probably not on its own.

Plus: tap water, vaccine timing, the parenthood health gap, and Anne Hathaway's pelvic floor. 😳

Microplastics in ovarian follicular fluid? Doesn’t sounds great… But what’s the full story?

2.5 years, 4 losses and roughly 8 holidays in, here's what I actually hear when people tell me to stop trying.

A new 20-year study of NHS data has been reported as proof that miscarriages are increasing. What it actually found is more complicated (and, for me, a lot more personal). TW: Miscarriage

I've been ignoring my pelvic floor. Anne Hathaway has finally convinced me to pay more attention to it.

Apparently half my cycle is my “ugly era.” The evidence, thankfully, disagrees, as I knew it would.

A big US study has linked chemicals that form when tap water is disinfected with a higher risk of womb cancer. Here's what it actually found, and what (if anything) it means for your kettle.

A new Spanish study found that mothers' health shifts with the number and age of their children, while fathers' barely moves. The headlines turned that into a battle of the sexes.