Amanda Moore - whose rare bone disease makes her the smallest mother in Britain, only 3ft 1ins tall – is experiencing her motherhood oh so differently from other moms! And the first singularity she has to cope with is that her son, Aidan, is fast outgrowing her. Full story

Diabetes has published a study on the effect breastfeeding produces upon mothers’ metabolic syndrome, a condition characterized by a number of factors like elevated blood pressure and insulin resistance; it usually goes along with obesity problems and may lead to contracting diabetes and heart disease. Full story