Born to do it? Why pop’s pregnant pause could be coming to an end

As musicians from Rebekka Karijord to Tori Amos begin to explore birth, perhaps pregnancy in music could become less taboo

Modern tribes: the pregnant oversharer

We were only just thinking it might be a good time when, bam, the stick goes blue. Here, I’ll show you… no?

Pregnant women don’t need a blanket ban on drinking. They need the facts

Giving mothers-to-be advice with no scientific basis is patronising and coercive. Women have the right to see the evidence and make their own decisions

Scanxiety: why private baby scans are on the rise

Many pregnant women are paying for extra ultrasounds, for reassurance or for ‘souvenir scans’. But does multiple scanning pose a risk to the unborn child?

Royal Institution’s new director Sarah Harper: we must show gold standard for science

Second woman to be appointed in RI’s 218-year history identifies role, in era of fake news, to supply trusted data across many issues from health to climate change and robotics

Therapy ‘has long-term benefits for mothers with depression’

CBT has positive effects on mental health, financial empowerment and parenting skills, long-term study shows

Experience: I had a free birth

We never extricated ourselves from the system; we just didn’t go for check-ups or scans

‘It’s my wife’s pregnancy, not mine, but it is our baby’

When my wife and I decided to have a child that she would carry, I thought being a woman, in a same-sex couple, would help me empathise. I was wrong

‘I tackled the Channel’: the challenges our readers took on while pregnant

Serena Williams won a grand slam in her first trimester – so we asked you for your amazing feats while expecting. Here is a selection of responses

Serena Williams’s pregnant victory reminds us how amazing women’s bodies are

The tennis star triumphed at the Australian Open without dropping a set while in her first trimester. Are women the weaker sex? I don’t think so