He might think he is being helpful as he holds your hand while you are in the throes of labour, but he could actually be making the pain far worse.

'The irony is unbelievable.' A breastfeeding conference in Scotland told nursing mothers it 'wasn't appropriate' to breastfeed at the event.

Couples in a rural town in Denmark have agreed to try to have more babies over the next few years as part of a deal with the council to keep public services running.

The idea that a woman could carry a child to a full-term delivery without knowing she is pregnant is mind-boggling. It has to be denial, or worse, right?

You could be forgiven for judging yummy mummies as the most loathed women in the world. But this year, Grace Cormack is going to give up fit shaming.

'If you're using this excuse for speeding, you'd better be pregnant,' said a police officer who chased a car - but found the driver had good reason to be fast.

Fat supplies found in a woman's thighs and buttocks are needed to develop babies' brains, scientists have claimed.

Midwife books holidays up to year in advance, but babies come when they want.

Ground-breaking NZ research will have a potentially life-saving effect on the treatment of premature babies around the world.

Babies who rapidly gain weight in the first three months of life are more likely to develop asthma, a study has found.

Research suggests that what women eat while pregnant and breastfeeding might also affect their child's taste preferences later life.

Such comments might be expected from Hugh Heffner, but could take you by surprise when uttered from your local lactation consultant.

Charlotte and Oliver continue to top the most popular names for newborns last year in a list dominated by traditional names.

Hollywood is celebrating the arrival of several celebrity spawn this week - after Kourtney Kardashian, Zoe Saldana and Hayden Panettiere all gave birth over the weekend.

"We take the batteries out of annoying toys and say they are broken." Author John Kinnear doesn't feel guilty about the 20 somewhat horrible things he does to his kids.

Keira Knightley is reportedly more than three months pregnant.

Professor Jane Harding led the development of a cheap and easy way to treat an ailment that can cause brain damage in babies.

The mother of a baby kidnapped from Middlemore Hospital would like to see the findings of a review into security released as soon as possible.

A pregnant woman has told anti-abortion protesters to stop "judging and filming" women visiting an abortion clinic in London.

A seven-year-old girl who was born with learning difficulties because her mother drank heavily while pregnant is not entitled to criminal injuries compensation.

The body of a 4-day-old baby girl has been found, after police confirmed they'd identified the body of her mother who'd walked out of a maternity hospital with her.

Charlotte Bevan gave birth four days ago, and yesterday walked from a British hospital wearing slippers and carrying her newborn wrapped only in a blanket.

A luxury London hotel is under fire for telling a mother breastfeeding her 3-month-old to cover up with an oversize napkin so she wouldn't "offend" guests.

A strapping newborn baby boy is understood to have set a NZ record, weighing in at a whopping 6.85kg (15lb 1oz).

Conflicting evidence about the extent to which men's semen quality declines with age - likely lowering their fertility - is being cleared up by a new review.

A post-mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of a baby found by two young boys digging on a beach in Sydney.

A South Auckland woman has admitted abducting a 5-day-old baby from Middlemore Hospital.