Female health
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Serena Williams: 'I had to spend the first six weeks of motherhood in bed’
The new mum is calling for change after almost dying giving birth to her daughter…
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Serena Williams just got very real about her traumatic birth experience
'EVERY mother, regardless of race, or background deserves to have a healthy pregnancy and childbirth'
By Marie Claire
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This exhibition exposes the truth about Irish abortion laws
Report This weekend, the London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign is bringing the award-winning NOT AT HOME exhibition to London
By Marie Claire
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The age of your mum could affect your fertility, according to a study
By Anna Duff
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A fertility expert has just revealed the ideal age to get pregnant
You may be surprised
By Marie Claire
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‘I don’t need mammograms anymore - I don’t have breasts'
Christina Applegate reveals that she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed
By Marie Claire
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Sofia Vergara may have started a very important Instagram trend
And it’s pretty empowering
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Gabrielle Union opens up about her heartbreaking struggle with infertility
'I've had eight or nine miscarriages.'
By Marie Claire
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‘1 in 8 women get breast cancer – today I’m the one’
Julia Louis-Dreyfus opens up about her breast cancer diagnosis
By Jenny Proudfoot
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How a young ovarian cancer survivor lives without fear
Opinion Primary school teacher Laura Moss opens up to Marie Claire about her ovarian cancer experience
By Marie Claire
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Women over 40 now have a higher fertility rate than ever before
Mums are getting older as more women over 40 fall pregnant
By Marie Claire
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Does period-proof underwear actually work?
Our digital features editor gives them a try (and answers all the questions you probably have)
By Delphine Chui
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How your phone radiation is affecting you (and how you can decrease it by 70%)
Scary stuff...
By Delphine Chui
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How accurate are fertility calculators? Here's everything you need to know
Trying for a baby and thinking of using a fertility calculator? Here's what you need to know
By Lucy Pavia
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All the countries in the world where abortion is illegal
Report As women worldwide face the greatest threat to our reproductive rights for 40 years, we look at the countries where abortion is already illegal
By Tracy Ramsden
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How it feels to become a mum when you’ve had five miscarriages
Writer Anna Whitehouse has a three-year-old daughter, Mae. She had three miscarriages before her daughter was born, and has experienced two while trying for a second child
By Marie Claire
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Jools Oliver just opened up about her miscarriage
And it’s heartbreaking.
By Jenny Proudfoot
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The sex ed heroes taking on Trump
Report As Donald Trump signs away the reproductive rights of women worldwide, these global sex education champions are taking matters into their own hands
By Tracy Ramsden
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This is what it’s like to live in a village without contraception
Report When your social status is determined by the number of children you have, how do you convince someone to take the pill? Corinne Redfern travelled to So Ava, Benin, to find out…
By Corinne Redfern
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Here's what you can do this Christmas to campaign for free, safe and legal abortion in Ireland
Report As 11 women every day travel from Ireland to Great Britain for safe abortion treatment, a powerful new campaign highlights their journey
By Tracy Ramsden
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Orgasmic birthing: What is it (and how on earth do you do it)?
Birthing's best-kept secret?
By Delphine Chui
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I'm 22 and HIV positive - but determined to live my life to the full
Report A 22-year-old mother of three speaks about living with HIV in South Africa, where 6.8 million people are HIV positive - more than anywhere else in the world.
By Andrea Thompson
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So what's it really like to be a regular 18-year-old girl... And HIV positive
Opinion Teenager Ashley Rose Murphy, a motivational speaker and HIV/AIDS charity ambassador describes what it's like living with HIV positive.
By Andrea Thompson
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The charity fighting for every woman worldwide to have children by choice, not chance.
Report As Marie Stopes International celebrates its 40th anniversary, we look back at the empowering work they have done for women across the globe…
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Why we absolutely have to eliminate the stigma surrounding miscarriages
Report Nicola Sturgeon has opened up about experiencing a miscarriage, and is helping to eliminate the stigma surrounding them as a result
By Marie Claire
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So, do we need 'meternity' leave?
Opinion Why a US author is facing a backlash for suggesting "meternity" time for childfree women
By Miranda McMinn
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What it feels like to get an ovarian cancer diagnosis
Opinion When she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer last year, Chloe Jackson wasn't sure what to expect. Here she explains how she coped, and what she learned...
By Marie Claire
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