A new belt can be worn by fathers-to-be allowing them to feel their baby kick as it happens (+ video).

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.

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.

Obesity is contributing to the growing rate of caesarean section births in New Zealand.

Breast milk boosts brain development in babies by up to 30 per cent, according to a new study.

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.

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?

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.

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.

The Government's plan of attack for reducing obesity begins before a child is born, or even conceived.

Baby Leandro Gayo - who lost his mum a day into his tough start to life - is back in his father's loving arms.

Ava Alexander-Thomas is the little girl who almost wasn't. Pregnancy scans showed no amniotic fluid and a fetus with missing organs, no facial bones and undeveloped lungs.

A couple's plan for a dolphin-assisted birth has drawn scorn and danger warnings from experts.

The arrival of a baby is greeted with joy and delight by family and friends alike.

After a gap of four decades, mothers suffering from severe mental illness will at last be able to be admitted to an Auckland psychiatric unit with their babies.

Meegan Hirst struggled with mental illnesses after the births of her second and third babies. The 43-year-old Te Atatu Peninsula woman's boys are now 17, 16 and 2.

Help is on the way for new mothers suffering from severe mental illnesses.

Prime Minister John Key does not believe Parliament's hours should be reduced to make it more "family friendly" after a Labour MP was sitting with her baby till midnight.

Parliament's Speaker is considering a rule change for MPs with babies after Nanaia Mahuta was required to be in Parliament with her five-month-old baby until midnight.

Australian actress Isla Fisher was bullied into losing her baby weight by a fearsome personal trainer who barked orders in German.

Women undergoing IVF treatment are three times more likely to have a baby through a new technique that scientists are claiming as the biggest fertility breakthrough for 35 years.

Beyonce is reportedly pregnant. The Grown Woman singer - who welcomed her first child, daughter Blue Ivy Carter, into the world in January 2012 - is said to be expecting again with her rapper husband Jay-Z.

A Spanish organisation that aims to combat child abuse has designed an ad that displays different messages for adults and children. When an adult looks at the ad by the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation they see a picture of a healthy looking child and the message: “Sometimes, child abuse is only visible to the child suffering it.” While anyone smaller than five feet sees bruises on the child’s face and the message: “if somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you”.

Sending badly injured children to the wrong hospital may be contributing to a child death rate from injuries that is twice the rate of Australia's.

Hayley Westenra has included a lullaby aimed at soothing Prince William and Kate Middleton's new baby on her new album.

Sexism is alive and well in the world of children's playthings. Katie Grant hears from the parents who are fighting back.