When Zayn Topperwien was born, his parents, Ryan and Keri, were overjoyed - but the emotion was bittersweet.

They were born 60 seconds apart, but 3-year-old Finn Dale towers over his twin brother Toby.

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.

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?

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.

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.''

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.

An inquest has heard a young woman's medical notes seemed to be lacking when she arrived at hospital, haemorrahaging from childbirth and about to die.

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.