COMMENT: Free online calculator will allow couples to prepare emotionally and financially for their chances of conceiving using IVF.

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.

Eight years after she shot to fame, "Octomom" has returned to the spotlight to discuss her much-hated public persona.

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.

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.

A US woman was surprised to find she had been charged a fee for a skin to skin moment with her newborn.

Women around the world have documented the pain, anguish, anxiety and joy that having a baby brings.

Smoking is now much more of a rarity thanks to amendments in the smoke-free Environments Act and new 10 per cent a year tax rise.

COMMENT: I talked to other parents about what they did and didn't like about the age spacing between their kids, here's what they said.

Babies born under the care of midwives have suffered higher rates of damage than those whose mothers were looked after by doctors, according to new research.

New research reveals a link to lower miscarriage rates.

An expectant mother took to the internet to ask about how to prepare one's 'intimate lady areas' before labour - and other mums came out in droves to help.

IS 50 too old to be a new mum? Everyone seems to have an opinion on how old is too old but this older mum knows what it's actually like.

There's a common view that having a baby will be fantastic, but that's not the reality for all mothers.

The advice is ever changing and still controversial. But what's becoming clear is just how crucial a woman's diet is to her child's future health.