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![Operation royal baby: ready for action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Operation royal baby: ready for action
Kate Middleton and Prince William are due to become parents any day now and the world is ready and waiting for the royal arrival.
![Royal baby: How the world reacted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Royal baby: How the world reacted
From Africa to Australia, the forthcoming royal baby and its mother have dominated news sites around the world.
![Royal baby: Due date a guessing game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Royal baby: Due date a guessing game
The possibility Wills and Kate are using a Diana ruse about delivery date has media and bookies on their toes
![Royal baby shower condoms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Royal baby shower condoms
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have received an unusual gift from the Finnish government: condoms.
![Alicia Silverstone wants women to share breast milk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Alicia Silverstone wants women to share breast milk
American actress Alicia Silverstone is calling on clean green mothers to donate their breast milk in a new online community project.
![IVF linked to lower IQ risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
IVF linked to lower IQ risk
Certain forms of IVF treatment are significantly associated with an increased risk of low intelligence in children, a major study has shown.
![Jessica Simpson gives birth to baby Ace Knute](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jessica Simpson gives birth to baby Ace Knute
Jessica Simpson has given birth to a baby boy boy
![Study: Breast best for success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Study: Breast best for success
Breastfeeding improves a child's chance of climbing the social ladder and becoming a successful adult, according to a long-term study.
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Baby suffers after midwife failure
A newborn girl suffered a large bleed into the tissues covering her brain and had to have head surgery after a midwife "failed to discuss" giving the baby vitamin K, which helps the blood to clot, an investigation has found.
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Hospital offers apology
Waikato Hospital has apologised to a woman who was told to terminate a pregnancy weeks before giving birth to a healthy baby.
![New IVF treatment for needle haters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New IVF treatment for needle haters
Leigh Gray hates needles, so a new fertility treatment that reduced the number of injections immediately appealed to her.
![Duchess to go natural](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Duchess to go natural
The Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth naturally rather than having a caesarean section.
![Why baby Kimye came early](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why baby Kimye came early
Kim Kardashian was reportedly forced to deliver her first child prematurely due to medical concerns.
![How to help babies to talk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How to help babies to talk
Parents can help boost their children's language skills by teaching babies to talk from birth, a new books claims - and local experts say the advice is sound.
![Warning over IVF deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Warning over IVF deaths
Women facing IVF treatment are being urged to have only one embryo transfer at a time, after a report found the death rate for multiple births jumped in the six years to 2011.
![Drop in single-birth newborn deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drop in single-birth newborn deaths
There has been a significant reduction in the number of deaths of single-birth newborns, but a rise in the death rate for multiple births, according to new report.
![Are Kiwis too pudgy to push?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Are Kiwis too pudgy to push?
Obesity is contributing to the growing rate of caesarean section births in New Zealand.
![Breast best for brainy baby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Breast best for brainy baby
Breast milk boosts brain development in babies by up to 30 per cent, according to a new study.
![Kerre McIvor: Box keeps precious babies safe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kerre McIvor: Box keeps precious babies safe
The same week that Coroner Wallace Bain used the term epidemic to describe the number of babies dying because of unsafe bed sharing, I read a story about babies sleeping in cardboard boxes in Finland.
![What to avoid when you're pregnant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What to avoid when you're pregnant
Everyone knows smoking and long-haul flights are off-limits for expectant mothers. But are all of these everyday objects really bad news as well?
![Breast milk lollipops anyone?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Breast milk lollipops anyone?
If you're curious about what breast-milk tastes like, or just up for trying new things, then a Texas-based company has created candy just for you.
![Kiwi mums opt for surgical births](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi mums opt for surgical births
Older mothers and women wanting more control of their lives are responsible for the growing rate of New Zealand children being born by caesarean section each year.
![Unmarried mothers face fines](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unmarried mothers face fines
Plans to fine women who have children out of wedlock have caused outrage in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
![Attack on obesity starts before life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Attack on obesity starts before life
The Government's plan of attack for reducing obesity begins before a child is born, or even conceived.