Why pregnant women are like penguins
Research has discovered the impact pregnancy has on a woman's walk and ability to balance.
Research has discovered the impact pregnancy has on a woman's walk and ability to balance.
The hopes and struggles of eight Kiwi couples battling infertility will be highlighted in a new TV documentary series starting this week.
Women who take paracetamol in pregnancy are more likely to have autistic or hyperactive children, scientists suspect.
Have you seen the T-shirt slogan: Dads don't babysit (it's called "parenting")?
Wife Tana has miscarried their fifth child at five months pregnant.
Teens are taking up smoking to make their babies small because they're "scared of giving birth".
A plane was diverted to Heathrow this morning after a woman gave birth mid-flight.
A pregnancy wasn't on her agenda, but the size-22 model is thrilled with her new arrival.
She was told to terminate her pregnancy because her baby had Down Syndrome. But keeping her was the best thing this woman ever did.
Women's health advocates demand recall over reports of false negatives.
OPINION: It's often used as a casual icebreaker, an easy conversation starter, but there's one question Shelley Bridgeman believes you should never ask.
A couple who were aided by a police escort in their baby birth dash have been reunited with the officer who helped bring their new daughter into the world.
Lizzie Marvelly is right; every woman should be able to make her own choices.
Four months after her husband died of cancer, she fell pregant with his baby.
Kathryn Ryan says she asked to stay longer in the maternity unit because she had suffered post-natal depression in the past and had concerns about breastfeeding.
An Australian woman has been successful in her legal bid to secure her dead partner's sperm so she can have his child.
COMMENT: Pregnancy doesn't discriminate between the prepared and the utterly unsuspecting. It just happens. And thus, so does abortion.
OPINION: Lizzie Lowrie reveals the shame she felt as she struggled to cope with her miscarriages.
Women are assisting in their own deliveries, but the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists doesn't recommend the procedure.
In what's thought to be a world first, a man has live-streamed the birth of his son.
A Southland couple seeking a surrogate mother after losing four babies during pregnancy say they've been overwhelmed with the response they have received.
As genomic medicine advances, the possibility of manipulating our genetic makeup, and that of our future children, is rapidly becoming a reality.
Janet Jackson's mother encouraged her to get pregnant.
Former Black Caps crowd favourite Chris Harris and his wife Linda have spoken out about their struggles with infertility.
Women are being fed an experimental cocktail of super-nutrients in the hope this will reduce their children's risk of obesity and diabetes as adults.
While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, it seems it's only a fluke if a baby copies your silly facial expressions.
Anne Tiernan had a difficult relationship with her unhappy mother. But, she recalls, baking was the one activity with which her mother could convey her love for her.
UK law bans labs from growing embryos for longer than 14 days as after two weeks, it is deemed that an individual has started to develop.