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.

A mother reveals what life is like raising no less than a dozen children.

A woman's 10-year battle for compensation from ACC over an unwanted pregnancy has been dismissed by the High Court.

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 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.

Sexual positions make no difference to conception chances, a major new fertility study has found.

This photographer captures the infinite moments that come after a newborn's fleeting life. Here's why.

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.

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.

A first-time mum-to-be is thanking her intuition after a negative pregnancy test at her local medical centre - despite being at least three weeks pregnant.

Adoptive mother abandons baby with rare genetic condition - so birth mother keeps her.

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.