As Brooklyn Beazley's pregnant mother started slipping into a diabetic coma, the 7-year-old girl struggled to open a glucose syrup bottle that she knew was needed.

A preservative used in baby wipes is causing a number of skin complaints - but not on babies' bottoms.

Caesarean babies have an increased risk of becoming overweight adults, researchers reveal.

When Mere-Takutai Pomana was born four weeks premature, her mother noticed the newborn had a distended tummy and a slight yellowish tinge to her skin.

A very premature baby made a dramatic arrival into the world when he was born with little warning on a remote school paddock in the Coromandel.

An uncle of a young mother who died six hours after giving birth says changes must be made so new midwives are mentored after graduating.

Naked, sweating, crying, legs in stirrups, going through the most physically demanding experience of a woman's life - would you want that captured on film?

Auckland based Birth Photographer Keri-Anne Dilworth, captures childbirth on camera.

A new mother is calling her little "ghost baby" a miracle after he was born without a third of his blood.

Naked, sweating, crying, legs in stirrups, going through the most physically demanding experience of a woman's life - would you want that captured on film? Photographer and mother-of-three, Keri-Anne Dilworth thinks so, and says there's an emerging number of New Zealanders who agree.

A young midwife has begrudgingly admitted she was out of her depth when a mother collapsed while trying to deliver her baby, an inquest has heard.

IVF babies have every chance of growing into healthy adults, according to a study that brings reassuring news.

A young mother-to-be who fainted while giving birth was having an amniotic embolism that would kill her not long after, a medical expert says.

Taking on motherhood later in life is becoming more common in New Zealand.

The lead maternity carer of a woman who died after giving birth told an inquest a family member threatened her saying: "You are going to pay for this, I'll hunt you down.''

As Casey Nathan was being rushed to hospital, she looked at her boyfriend, Hayden Tukiri, and said: "Babe, I'm gonna die."

Most couples will testify that their sex life plummets on the birth of a new baby, with new mothers often worrying that they are no longer attractive

Black Cap Ross Taylor's second child was born this morning and the star batsman says Taylor junior is doing well.

A human milk bank has been opened at a Christchurch hospital in what is a New Zealand first.

Nearly 40 per cent of cases in which pregnant women are admitted to intensive care in New Zealand because of severe illness are potentially preventable, according to a University of Otago study.

A midwife who made a catalogue of errors that led to the death of a newborn baby - and almost claimed the life of his mother - has apologised for the first time.

An American restaurant manager has penned a heartfelt letter to the mother of an autistic girl who drew complaints from other patrons at his Florida restaurant.

A report into a horrific labour that left the baby dead and the mother with debilitating injuries is critical of the midwife and the DHB obstetrician involved.

Sniffles and sneezes during pregnancy could increase a mother's chances of her child having asthma, US research has shown.

New Zealanders may not be ready to try placenta injections and pig placenta smoothies but placentophagy is rapidly finding favour. Veronica Schmidt catches up on the trend.

Richard Kahui and his wife Amy are celebrating the birth of their daughter Scarlett - but have revealed the frightening days after her birth as the baby battled ill-health.