Pillowy bellies and engorged breasts: Mothercare’s ad and the pleasure of post-birth bodies

The company’s new campaign features realistic, joyful images of women. Does this mark the fightback against the casual body-shaming of mothers?

Neat pubic hair? Pregnant women should never be pressured to get a brazilian

Having a baby is the world’s single most courageous feat. So why would a textbook publisher illustrate it with a picture of a woman with trimmed pubic hair?

Concerns over birthing options as NHS shuts midwife-led centres

Trusts say midwives needed in hospitals, as critics argue women’s right to choose under threat

Blood, sweat and faeces: why doulas aren’t just for wealthy women like Meghan

The Duchess of Sussex is right to hire a doula. I liked mine so much that I retrained to become one

The NHS 10-year plan: what we already know

Changes will include a mental health overhaul and advances in diabetes care

Mothers are being abused during childbirth. We need our own #MeToo

Women are scared to speak out about what has happened as they give birth, says Sally Gimson, deputy editor of Index on Censorship

One set of twins – two fathers: how common is superfecundation?

Heteropaternal superfecundation will be tackled in a new romcom – but it happens in real life, too. Two experts explain how

This womb transplant breakthrough could open up pregnancy to all sexes

The live birth of a baby girl in São Paulo is a medical advance that may change the definition of motherhood, says science writer Philip Ball

Child of Mine review – three stories that reveal the tragedy of stillbirth

The UK has one of the worst rates of stillbirth in the UK, yet the subject is barely discussed. Perhaps more films like this dignified and moving documentary will change that