Children at 12 months can tell when speakers use different languages, study finds.

Can exercise during pregnancy combat obesity in your baby? And could it help offset the so-called "fat gene"?

Facebook has removed breastfeeding photos from a private group page for mums, angering members.

Nearly one out of every 200 mothers in a US study claim to have got pregnant while a virgin - without the help of IVF.

Pregnant New Zealand women should be taking vitamin D supplements to help ensure their babies are not at risk of rickets, a new study has found.

The Sun newspaper in Britain has been forced to apologise after it included a pregnant MP in its list of the "laziest" politicians.

Cognitive development research is, like its subjects, still in its infancy, but it seems that our tiny tots are a lot smarter than science once gave them credit for. Angela Saini reports on the latest evidence — and argument — from the baby labs.

A simple device aimed at making sure babies are safe and protected while they sleep is set to help dozens of families in South Auckland.

Babies can 'contract' depression from their mothers while they are still in the womb, new research suggests.

In a world in which social media sites are full of photographs depicting clichéd "happy family" scenes, it's refreshing to see some honest moments.

A fitness blogger has been slammed for posting a picture of herself in her underwear, showing off her flat tummy just days after giving birth.

New research showing smoking causes severe DNA damage to the placenta will greatly motivate pregnant women to kick the habit, a quitting expert says.

US doctors are reporting an epidemic of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.

A pregnant Italian woman had her baby forcibly removed by caesarean section by British social workers.

A group of us went up to Kerikeri last weekend to run the Kerikeri Half Marathon.

Norman Gayo doesn't blame anybody for the death of his healthy young wife, Leah, who died in childbirth at Auckland City Hospital in April.

Cross-party inquiry comes up with strong message for change from emphasis on caring for people late in life.

People born weighing less than 1.5kg tend to be shorter, achieve fewer educational qualifications and are more likely to rely on welfare by the time they reach their 20s.

Strong warning labels should be placed on all beer, wine and spirits as part of a plan to stop pregnant mothers from drinking, MPs say.

Making sure pregnant mums see a doctor within 10 weeks of conception should be a national priority, say MPs working to improve children's health.

One of the totemic policies of China's Communist Party - the ban on families having more than a single child - has been relaxed in a historic shift by Beijing's new ruling regime.

Greg and Amy Hewgill know all too well the troubles faced by parents of preterm babies after watching their daughter connected to machines for the first 76 days of her life.

A court has heard a man was caught drink driving after his partner suffered a still birth - something the couple blamed on their house being previously used as a P lab.

She was born 11 weeks prematurely and spent her first 76 days connected to an incubator, but now baby Lily Hewgill is home and progressing "full steam ahead".

New research shows taking regular exercise when pregnant boosts a newborn baby's brain development.

A candid parent test highlighting the high and lows of motherhood is taking the internet by storm after being reposted on countless mothering blogs.

We still don't know much about how labouring women experience that pivotal time when their bodies are working hard to push out their infants and deliver them into the world.