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Sunday will mark the first Mother's Day for more than 31,000 New Zealand mums who welcomed their first-borns last year.
First-time mothers accounted for more than half of all live births last year, according to figures released this morning by Statistics New Zealand.
440 mothers welcomed twin babies, while five Kiwi mums now have triple the trouble to deal with.
The average age of first-time mothers last year was 28 and the median age of all women giving birth was 30, up from 25 in 1976.
This Sunday will be extra special for more than 100 new mums, if last year is anything to go by.
Last year 133 babies were born to 131 mothers on Mother's Day.
- NZHERALD STAFF
