Mind & Body

Breast cancer mum whose hair-cutting video became a YouTube hit gets engaged on daytime TV

By Liz Stansfield, Feb 22, 2012

Sara Duncan’s video showing her daughter Lola cutting her hair was a hit on YouTube. She got engaged while appearing on Daybreak to talk about her battle with breast cancer

Navel gazing: Innie or outie?

By Tamsin Oxford, Feb 18, 2012

Did you get an innie or an outie? How about your children? Do you think your belly button is the cutest thing around or do you hide it away?

Woman who tried for a baby for 17 years was a mum for just 32 days

By parentdish.co.uk, Feb 13, 2012

Tracie Wright and her husband Paul tried for a staggering 17 years to have a baby, and were parents for just 32 days after their newborn son Joshua died

Mum shed 10 STONE after son begged her to go on a bike ride

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Feb 9, 2012

A young mum has shed almost half her body weight after her little boy begged her to go on a bike ride with him.

The Glass Half Full: A breast cancer blog

By Tamsin Kelly, Feb 3, 2012

Five years ago Elizabeth Glasson was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her shock diagnosis came slap bang in her eagerly-awaited summer holidays - and treatment began immediately for what turned out to be an aggressive grade 3, stage 3 breast cancer.

How to look good in bed: The essential guide to post-baby sex

By Emily Carlisle, Feb 1, 2012

Once it became clear to me that no amount of doughnut denial or reluctant jogging was ever going to rectify the trauma delivered to my stomach muscles by bearing two twin pregnancies in quick succession, I decided to look upon the issue more creatively.

Healthy sisters have breasts and wombs removed to avoid cancer that killed their mother at 32

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 1, 2012

Three healthy sisters have had their breasts removed – and two have had hysterectomies - to save their lives!

It's my party - do my children have to come too?

By Ursula Hirschkorn, Jan 20, 2012

Is it wrong that what makes the perfect day for me is often one spent without my children? It's not that I don't love them, I do, dearly, but our interests are rarely shared.

I thought I was pregnant, but my baby bump was a tumour the size of a melon

By Liz Stansfield, Jan 11, 2012

Kayleigh Terry thought she was expecting her first baby when she started growing a bump. The swelling was actually a cancerous tumour the size of a melon

Why I'll always be teacher's pet

By Patricia Carswell, Jan 8, 2012

Learning how to be hip has been a lifetime's work. At school I was the classic girly swot, all neat handwriting and gold stars. A class photo from 1973 shows me in pristine ankle socks and sandals, thrilled to have achieved pride of place next to my beloved teacher.