DISTRESSING IMAGES: A neglected orphan who weighed less than 4kg after being starved for seven years is making a miraculous recovery after being adopted.

At a glance, it looks like a tender moment between mother and son. But as any mother will know, not everything is always as it seems.

Modern Family actress is being sued by her frozen embryos for the right to life.

Did you give your child one of the most popular baby names of 2016?

Known to Prince George and Princess Charlotte as Gan Gan - the Queen is "delighted" by the news of her sixth great-grandchild.

Maggie Martell* explains why it's not always good to talk about babies - or the lack of them.

A Hamilton mother's six month battle with insufferable pain after a botched epidural has likened the feeling to that of someone drilling a pencil into her spine.

One of Westport's two resident midwives is leaving, saying her job is financially unsustainable.

Pregnant with cancer, Elle Halliwell was told she had to make an impossible decision. This is more than a sad story. It's a love story.

When a woman found she couldn't have children, she agreed to let her 48-year-old mother carry and birth her son.

Caitlin is six months pregnant and joined Tinder to find a new partner. While she sees it as "having a life", others haven't been so supportive.

Joseph Parker has become a dad a month before the biggest fight of his life - but he has to wait a few more days before he can meet his daughter.

A Brisbane woman has given birth to two babies conceived within 10 days of each other, a feat which doctors describe as "highly unusual".

From a tiny premature baby who spent 18 weeks in neonatal units, to a bouncy 4-year-old outgrowing bikes at an alarming rate. Max

Half of all Kiwi women say becoming a new mum is the hardest thing they've ever done. So why do we keep pretending everything is tickety-boo? Michelle Duff finds out.

Jayde Pierce - who split with the singer at the start of this year - revealed on social media that she is six months pregnant.

Babies don't follow plans and little Esme Keene is no exception. She arrived before her dad managed to get her mum to hospital.

When the singer Adele spoke this week about the agony of postnatal depression, it brought back awful memories for Judith Woods.

Thanks to strangers, this grieving father was able to hear his wife's voice again, after she died giving birth to their son.

The first thing most new mums do is hold their newborn baby in their arms, but for one woman this precious first cuddle happened a whole week later.

After the birth of my child, I thought that I would feel so much joy, but instead I'm irritable, worry constantly and feel totally overwhelmed. Is this normal?

A contraceptive injection for men has been shown to be almost 100 per cent effective, and may also increase libido

"This is a helper. This is kind of like having as night nurse or nanny."

Like most people, I knew basically nothing about miscarriage until it happened to me, writes Alice Callahan.

When Sophie Hughes flew 16,000 kilometres to visit her tiny nephew Oscar, she arrived with a special present - the gift of life.

Kiwi parents are getting behind a growing trend - using colourful knitted or crochet umbilical cord ties instead of medical clamps.

A pair of twins conjoined at the head have been successfully separated after a 20-hour operation.

When strangers ask Craig Heatley how many children he has, he has to pause before deciding how to answer.

Over the past four years Matt has sent his sperm to hundreds of couples for free via Facebook. He gets up to 10 requests for his services per day.

When most women think about childbirth it's fair to say that some memories are not exactly pleasant.