A pioneering programme targeting new parents is helping to halt a rising trend in babies injured by being shaken.

Exposing babies to a dust mite could significantly reduce the risk of developing allergies including asthma and eczema as they get older, according to new research from the UK.

Auckland preschooler Charn Lee-Tuafale, 3, has received more than 30 units of blood in transfusions since he was born.

Men who keep a mobile phone in their trouser pocket could be inadvertently damaging their chances of becoming a father, according to a new study.

There is a claim the lives of 20 babies at Waikato Hospital were put at risk when maintenance staff turned off the air to their breathing supply last week.

On the eve of the opening of her award-winning play on reproduction, Elisabeth Easther looks at the business of fertility and asks why making babies can be so simple for some and so complex, expensive and heartbreaking.

The Green Party wants to make abortion freely available to women up to 20 weeks pregnant.

Smoking cannabis can reduce a man's fertility by altering the size and shape of his sperm, research has shown.

Scientists have called on the British Government to give its immediate approval to laws allowing three-parent babies after experts found the techniques were safe.

A study has found that women are more likely to have a baby after they discover friends from high school have become mothers.

The conjoined twin girls who stole Australia's heart earlier this month have died after just 19 days.

Richard Fisher asks: "If so many women are able to conceive in their early 40s then why is a woman's age such a big deal?"

The number of blind children is increasing in the developed world as more severely premature babies survive.

A 46-year-old American has become the oldest woman to have a baby through IVF using her own fresh - not frozen - biological eggs.

Women trying to become pregnant should avoid a diet high in junk food because it is linked with an increased risk of giving birth prematurely, scientists are warning.

Your parents' health and diet before you were conceived can also affect how your genes are expressed - and impact your long-term health.

As the rising abortion rate among women over 35 is blamed on their mistaken belief that they are 'past it', we find out the truth about later pregnancy.

Sonny Bill Williams may soon be adding father to his long list of accolades.

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest sperm: a "giant" of a cell belonging to a species of tiny shrimp that lived 17 million years ago in what is now modern-day Australia.

Tomorrow's Budget is expected to include something for parents after Labour introduced its policy to raise paid parental leave - but how far it is likely to go?

Extremely rare Australian conjoined twins born with one body, one head and two faces have amazed their doctors after managing to breathe on their own.

A 102-year-old mother has told of her joy and astonishment at being reunited with the daughter she gave up for adoption more than seven decades ago.

Sperm donors are so in demand there is up to a two-year wait, prompting one woman to fork out thousands of dollars to find one faster.

Noah knocks Jacob off the top spot in list of most popular US baby names.

According to psychologists, changes in the brain during pregnancy are designed to help mothers prepare for bonding.

Baby's on the way and you have the car seat but not the car. Don't panic - buying a car suitable for transporting your precious cargo is simple.

New Zealand mothers are considered among the luckiest in the world in a new report listing the best - and worst - places to be a mum.

Today is International Day of the Midwife and we reflect on the changing face of midwives in New Zealand.

Pregnant mothers who take omega-3 fatty acid supplements to boost their baby's brain power are probably wasting their time, according to a major Australian study.

Kate Hawkesby tells Catherine Milford why she gave up a high-profile career to be a stay-at-home mum - her best job yet.