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.

It was a photo that tugged at the heartstrings of people the world over - a healthy twin hugging his sick brother for the first time following their birth.

A woman who wants to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild is a step closer.

Worried about the right way to parent? Don't bother, writes Susie Mesure, for it makes no difference.

Being a transgender adolescent is no barrier to pregnancy, research shows.

I am in pain. Yes, it's physical. It throbs where the baby was so recently growing in my womb and I have cramping as my body readjusts to being an empty vessel again.

Most new mothers dream of the day their little darlings will no longer need help going to the toilet.

Irene Higgins is desperate to find a surrogate.She and her fiancé have been trying to have a baby for six years through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).

The stigma surrounding abortion further isolates those who have been through it, writes Britany Robinson.

A same sex couple in South Africa are believed to be the first in world to have triplets - which also include identical twins - using both of their DNA.

Eight days after giving birth, Elissa Edgington watched her blood pool on the bathroom floor of her apartment.

A woman's unborn child has been diagnosed with "Mermaid Syndrome", a rare congenital deformity.

Jamie's two eldest daughters were present for the birth of their new brother, something Kathryn Blundell argues no child should witness.

And shares a photo of his new bundle of joy.

The risks and complications associated with pregnancy and childbirth revealed.

A brave Hamilton mother wants to share the importance of being checked for bowel cancer, especially if there is a family history.

When two Kiwis swiped to right on Tinder 3 years ago, they never guessed their match would end so traditionally - with a house, a dog and a newborn baby.

Is it true that morning sickness signals a boy? Or that you can't take medication to alleviate it? Here are 10 myths busted by facts from experts.

A new Kiwi-led study has found a third of pups born to rats fed high doses of very rancid fish oil during pregnancy did not survive beyond two days.

After three pregnancies in three years, this woman is desperate for a permanent contraception solution.

Could this breakthrough allow women to become mothers in their 50s or 60s?

Behaviour by supporters of women in labour have prompted calls at one hospital delivery suite to limit the number of family members attending a birth.

A study exploring pregnancy body image has revealed the impact of social media on mothers-to-be.

When your wife is in labour and a Pokemon shows up...

A determined mother's footage of birthing her daughter "in the wild" has gone viral.

Is motherhood really the death knell of creativity? Rufi Thorpe fears it is.

Carterton mother Brooke Malyon would have given up the fight against cancer after her second diagnosis, if it wasn't for her "miracle baby daughter" Charlie.

The most popular baby names of the year have been revealed, with one in particular raising eyebrows.

A mother's candid post of what happens right after giving birth has struck a chord with mums the world over.