It’s true we should be kinder… but it’s much harder than that

The #BeKind hashtag is easy to circulate but deciding what kindness is can be complicated

‘Health workers are too scared to enter’: the fight to treat HIV in a São Paulo favela

Young people with HIV in Brazil’s poorest favelas often have no support, but in Boi Malhado, one team is determined to provide vital help

I last had a baby five years ago – a lot has changed since then

Scans, ‘natural’ childbirth and epidurals: the political shifts in maternal care

New mothers in England to receive health check six weeks after giving birth

Campaigners welcome move to assess women for physical and mental wellbeing

We should celebrate the sex appeal of pregnant women, not shame them

Nothing makes me happier than seeing women such as Jodie Turner-Smith deem their bump a part of their body to show proudly, writes Yomi Adegoke

Great expectations: art’s struggle to depict pregnancy

From the Virgin Mary to Demi Moore, art history swells with iconic mums-to-be. But can a single image ever do justice to such a head-scrambling state of flux – especially one made by a man?

I’m happy for Chloë Sevigny, but the lesson is not that anyone can get pregnant at 45

Late pregnancies shouldn’t be framed as freakish feats or guaranteed back-up plans, but as stories of chance

I miscarried a child 20 years ago, and I know the language we use really matters

Women’s traumatic experiences are made light of with weird, evasive language. No wonder so many end up with PTSD, says playwright Shelley Silas

‘She said she’d be babysitting our embryo’: what’s it like to carry a child for a friend?

Surrogacy between friends can be life-changing. The people who have done it talk emotions, legal hurdles – and WhatsApp birthing groups

Readers on the pain of miscarriage: ‘In my head I was already a mum and then suddenly I wasn’t’

According to a new study, a third of women experience PTSD after losing a baby in early pregnancy. Guardian readers describe their experiences