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

A midwife who stopped monitoring a baby during birth against instruction from an obstetrician has been ordered to apologise to the infants mother over his death.

Auckland mother Catherine Nola feels extending paid parental leave to 18 weeks is a step in the right direction, but says 26 weeks would have been better.

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.

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.

Human skin from infertile men has been used to create sperm for the first time, in a scientific development which could offer hope to those who cannot have children.

A new study has revealed that women with wide hips are more likely to have one-night stands and more sexual partners in general.

Alicia Silverstone has risked the wrath of parenting groups by sharing her controversial views on motherhood in a new book.

Some of New Zealand's most vulnerable premature babies will soon take part in ground-breaking research.

The Waikato District Health Board has lifted its ban on women having their labours and births photographed professionally - provided no intervention is required.

An Italian woman having IVF treatment is carrying twins that are not her own following an apparent hospital mix-up.

Paul and Angela Ashcroft were on a plane, flying somewhere over Australia, when their twin daughters Nicole and Peta were born.

Fertility Associates, the country's largest fertility services provider, has opened its first clinic in Malaysia.

A rural doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for giving women drugs to induce abortions.

The height and weight of pregnant women is commonly misreported when they book in for maternity care, putting them and their babies at risk, research shows.

A genetic test that can predict menopause - allowing women to better plan when to start a family - could be available within five years.

Parents of stillborn babies have been banned from allowing volunteers who provide keepsakes of the children into Waikato Hospital as part of tightened building access.

A petrol station attendant believes she was let go from her job when a new lessee took over because she was pregnant.

Shocking news out of Britain this week is the trend of women in their 50s having babies, writes Wendyl Nissen. The number of babies born to women over 50 has doubled in four years to 154.

Many Kiwi couples trying to conceive are ignorant of the risks to their fertility through delayed childbearing, smoking, alcohol and being overweight, research shows.

Michael Laws appears set to become a dad again at the age of 56.