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.

Plans to fine women who have children out of wedlock have caused outrage in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

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.

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

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.

Thomas Jones and Erica Gunther have the ultimate souvenir of their New Zealand holiday.

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.

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.

Is maternity wear a necessary or is it a just marketing ploy?

Prince Harry has reportedly revealed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will welcome a baby boy into the world.

A two-week-old boy is lying alone in Auckland City Hospital after his mother died during childbirth, and his father had to take her body to the Philippines for the funeral.

At first it seemed like a grisly backwater murder trial in which a Philadelphia abortion doctor was accused of killing a number of viable fetuses and an adult patient.

It might be a commonly used symbol due to the internet, but you can't use a backslash to name your kid.

An early or teen pregnancy is tied to cutting risks of breast cancer by 50 percent, a new study finds.