The kindness of strangers: should surrogates get paid?

Jenny, 28, has had six babies – two of them for Natalie, pictured right. She doesn’t get paid, because commercial surrogacy is illegal in the UK. So what motivates British surrogates – and what happens when an agreement goes wrong?

Studying spurred me on through pregnancy and tragedy at university

When I found out I was pregnant I almost blacked out. But I knew I had to finish my degree and provide my daughter with a future

Pregnancy, the hardest race of all: ‘If miscarriage is so common, why does no one talk about it?’

Getting pregnant gave one runner a licence to relax – then, just before the 12-week scan, she lost the baby. She explains how she coped with her feelings of grief, anger and betrayal, and talks to Olympian Liz Yelling, who went through a similar experience

Pregnancy at work is a constant struggle against misconceptions

‘The soaring double standards and unrealistic expectations faced by women go turbo when you throw expectant motherhood into the mix’

More babies born to women 35 or older than under 25 for first time

There were 138,592 live births to women under 25 and 144,181 to women aged 35 and over last year in England and Wales, ONS figures show

Pregnant and hungry? How to eat for two without the stress

Getting sufficient nutrition when pregnant can often be complicated, but it doesn’t have to be

The biggest threat to pregnancies: distrust between women and doctors

There are many barriers to pregnant women and their doctors being straightforward, but this has to stop – the health of mom and baby depend on it

The threat to the Margaret Pyke Centre is a threat to women’s equality

A vital and ‘outstanding’ sexual health centre faces closure. This scandal shows how the life-saving, health and social benefits of birth control are taken for granted

The day we learned our son had a cleft lip

One father tells of his family’s soul-searching in the face of conflicting medical advice, and travels to Kerala in India to see how a charity is changing the fortunes of thousands of children

For pregnant women, sleepless nights can kick in long before the baby arrives

Like many pregnant women, Amy Westervelt experiences insomnia. Here, she shares her tips for beating the bedtime blues

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