Pregnant and Platonic review – what’s it like to have a baby with a stranger?
There’s warmth and emotion – if also some awkwardness – in this gentle documentary about a matchmaking service for wannabe co-parents
Pregnancy is the ultimate endurance test. If a man says it, it must be true
Can we finally recognise what growing and pushing out)a human entails? says Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore
Why parents are addicted to Calpol
The long read: It is the one medicine we reach for whenever our babies are feverish or in pain. What’s the secret of its success?
How Stockholm became the city of work-life balance
With flexible hours the norm, and almost two years’ parental leave for every child, Sweden’s capital boasts a happy and efficient workforce. What can other cities learn?
The Inuit don’t shout at their children – so why do we?
The western idea that rage is an emotion that needs to be set free is not universally shared
Jayson Greene: ‘Trauma is a rip in your understanding of the universe’
Former Pitchfork editor Jayson Greene explains how, after the sudden death of his two-year-old daughter, writing proved the best therapy. Read an extract from his new book below
Louis Theroux: ‘I worried I might be mansplaining motherhood’
As he tackles one of his most harrowing subjects yet, the documentary-maker talks about parenting, psychosis – and his secret beard
Breast v bottle? Motherhood is messy enough without picking sides
It’s one of life’s ironies that this debate will rage most loudly when a woman is at her most vulnerable
Breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk by up to 25%, WHO finds
Organisation says marketing claims formula is as good for babies as breast milk are misleading
My life as a midwife is nothing like it’s portrayed on TV
The smiling angels of Call the Midwife and hi-tech cheerleaders of documentaries create a simplistic and unhelpful impression