When life isn’t what you pictured

Novelist Amanda Smyth and her partner were aligned on never wanting children, until, at 40, she felt a deep and non-negotiable desire to reverse that decision. She explains how she navigated the path that took her in a new direction

As I push my pram, my baby sleeping, it takes me a moment to realise that someone is talking to me. Another mum, on the way to the same baby class, is asking how I am, and I stammer as I push my phone

The UK’s birth rate is at its lowest ever – and that’s not just bad news for those who long to be grandparents. It could spell trouble for the nation’s future too

The former Olympian opens up in her new documentary

An increasing number of people are growing older without care-providing children. But that doesn’t have to mean going it alone…

‘Freeze and share’ schemes offered by fertility clinics claim to help by cutting the extortionate cost of egg freezing – but are they preying on our fertility fears? Ellen Atlanta investigates