Although IVF treatments are widely accepted in New Zealand, it is ethically inconsistent that the human embryo research the treatments depend on remains prohibited, a University of Otago professor says.

Technology has become so ingrained in family life that it’s even started changing the way children speak.

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese is launching her own maternity lingerie line.

The brains of premature babies can perform almost as well as those born at full-term by the time they're teenagers, depending on the environment the child grows up in, an Australian study shows.

Lucy Nicoll always expected to breastfeed her newborn triplets - what she didn't bank on was expressing milk night and day for her babies after they were born 15 weeks early.

Women who use pain relief during childbirth may have a lower risk of depression after their babies are born, a leading psychiatrist has said.

Nikau remains the most popular name for Maori boys born last year while Aria takes the top spot for girls from Maia.

Georgia Hageman was in bed at 4.30am when her waters broke and less than four hours later the 15-year-old Aucklander was holding her baby son.

Children's "vulnerability" is more like a revolving door than a fixed state, a new report has found.

Women are often encouraged to "eat for two" during pregnancy. While this is right in terms of eating to meet both mum's and baby's needs, it doesn't mean doubling her total food and energy intake.

When Lilly McDonald first heard about an online group offering stuff for nothing, she didn't believe it.

A fertility support group is calling for a change in government in vitro fertilisation funding so couples can get a third cycle free.

Children in same-sex families scored better on a number of key measures of physical health and social well-being than kids from the general population.

Pregnant women are being reminded to heed dietary guidelines because not doing so can result in the death of unborn children.

If we emphasise that teenage mothers will do badly in life, they are far more likely to, writes Verity Johnson.

Neil Lyndon likes to tell dads-to-be that they'll see things in the delivery room worse than gruesome hand-to-hand combat with axe and pike.

The managers of a mall where a woman was told she could not breastfeed have apologised to the mother-of-three, saying it was an error of judgment.

What do Aretha Franklin, Sofia Vergara and Justin Bieber's mum have in common? The answer might surprise you.

A young mother-to-be has been overwhelmed with support for a letter she wrote about being a pregnant teenager and says having a baby won't derail her career plans.

A young mother and her newborn baby lived in a car for two days after finding themselves homeless when they were discharged from hospital.

Fifteen-year-old Georgia Hageman, who lives at home with her parents and her two younger siblings, found out in November that she was pregnant.

Health reporter Martin Johnston hears the personal stories of a sperm donor, and a woman whose daughter was born through this method.

The country's abortion rate has dropped at a significant rate in the past few years, but the reasons behind the fall are not clear, according to women's health experts.

Australian scientists appear to have solved one of the great mysteries of human biology - exactly what triggers labour after about 40 weeks of pregnancy.

Women who smoke and are overweight are more likely to suffer a stillbirth than non-smoking women of a healthy weight, a report has found.

A woman who was admitted to hospital to have painful ovaries removed and came home with a baby is due to find out how the advanced pregnancy was missed.

Children born by caesarean section appear to be at greater risk of obesity, new research shows.