A pregnant mother's eating habits may influence her unborn child's chances of developing Alzheimer's, new research suggests.

Inactive mothers may be preventing their children getting enough exercise by setting a bad example, a study suggests.

Too much stress can lead to infertility in women, a study has shown for the first time.

The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some used to heat Britain's hospitals, an investigation has found.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth and his wife are celebrating the arrival of twin baby boys in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the Thor star said on Friday.

A leading nutritionist has responded to a boasting post-baby Aja Rock with a warning - women should ignore unrealistic "Hollywood" pressure to look trim after giving birth.

This is Anna Guy bringing home her new baby girl. Guy this week gave birth to her first child with new partner Brent Jameson, 32, a marketing executive.

Colombia's most obese baby - who weighs the same as a six-year-old child - has been "rescued" by a charity so he can undergo life-saving treatment.

Shayle Pilcher admits to having slept in the same bed with at least one of her babies - by accident and through sheer exhaustion.

Children whose mothers used P while pregnant find it harder to learn to walk, draw and grasp objects, according to new findings.

Shannon Weir has been inundated with support and generosity after having her car stolen while going through a traumatic birth.

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.

Sarah Lukins captured all of her baby's first milestones on camera but those images are gone after her car was broken into while she was at her grandmother's grave.

When Mandy Abraham found out she was having triplets, the first-time mother went into shock.

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.

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

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.

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.''

A coroner has taken a midwife to task over failing to properly consult a woman about abnormalities with her baby's growth just days before she and the infant died.