It’s all very well to talk of planning your reproductive life but sometimes circumstances get in the way.

Mohammed Fouad claimed his Kiwi wife stole his sperm to impregnate their maid; now his wife has hit back, saying the explanation is far more traditional.

As Baby Loss Awareness Week nears its end, Anna Leask speaks to a young mum about her tragic loss and the friendships she forged with strangers who stepped up to support her through her ordeal

Doctors can legally carry out sex-selection abortions in Britain, the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled yesterday as he claimed that outdated laws were virtually unenforceable.

When a Christchurch woman had a stomach ache on Thursday night little did she know she was pregnant and a baby was on its way.

A couple have discovered the much-loved baby they brought home from a foreign fertility clinic is not theirs.

A British hospital has scrapped traditional antenatal classes in favour of online tutorials, a format New Zealand childbirth educators say would increase postnatal depression.

Wealthy Chinese couples are paying big bucks for American women to become surrogate mothers as they try to circumvent their own country's one-child policy.

The shattered family of Casey Nathan, who died hours after giving birth to son Kymani, are coping with the tragedy.

Two mothers of sick babies in hospital have spoken out about being refused meals because they weren't breastfeeding.

A Kiwi baby born three months early in Shanghai is finally home in Auckland, and has enjoyed her first cuddle with her mother.

The mother of a sick baby in hospital was told she didn't qualify for meals because she wasn't breastfeeding.

Life & Style Editor Nicky Park spoke to postnatal depression expert Dr Sara this week and now she's online to answer all your questions.

Children born to women who drink milk during pregnancy are more likely to be tall when they are teenagers, new research shows.

When a new baby is born it's all happy snaps, proud online posts and loved up parents. However, it's not all roses.

Around 10 to 20 per cent of New Zealand women will suffer some form of postnatal depression (PND) and some dads will cop a dose too. And up to 80 per cent of women go through a thing called 'third day blues,' a totally normal, short, hormone-induced condition following childbirth. New Zealand psychiatrist and PND expert, Dr Sara Weeks, says it's time for women to stop suffering in silence and has penned a new book, Mothers Cry Too, to try and raise awareness of PND. In this video Nicky Park talks with Dr Sara about the various ways PND can manifest, how we can tell if a woman is at risk, what we can do to help and the fact that dads are at risk too.

Fergie is a proud mother.

Minna Huotilainen said a baby is not a blank slate when it enters the world and has already learned how his or her family members speak before being born.

Many babies are making their photographic debut on social media within an hour of their birth, according to research.

A leading researcher credited with helping to save thousands of babies from cot death has been honoured by his medical college.

A new book is set to turn conventional wisdom on its head, arguing that wine and coffee caused damage to unborn babies is nothing more than a "motherhood myth".

Mother-of-three Nicola Mapletoft has been put off having a fourth child because her last birth was a caesarean.

A soon-to-be grandma has amazing reaction to pregnancy announcement

A couple of weeks ago, a 6.1kg baby girl was born in Leipzig in Germany, a record for that nation.

Women lose a quarter of their maternal urges for every 15 extra IQ points they have, according to international research.

From crashing websites to a 600% surge in sales, how small firm behind that bird print swaddle coped with overwhelming demand.

The Kiwi baby stranded in Shanghai after being born three months early is growing stronger each day.