Babies born "very pre-term" run a high risk of intellectual impairment, such as having learning difficulties or ADHD, new research shows.

Kim Kardashian is experiencing pain in her back, breasts, stomach, feet, head, eyes and nails.

On what should have been his fifth wedding anniversary, Praveen Halappanavar was instead at a coroner's court, hearing a jury deliver a verdict of medical misadventure in the death of his wife.

It takes guts to admit you don’t want to have children. Especially when people’s response is that you’re selfish, or you’ll grow old and lonely. Married and childfree, writer Sarah Lang looks at the pressure to procreate.

Sofia Vergara has frozen her eggs in the hope of having a baby in the future.

Playing live music to a prematurely born baby can slow its heartbeat and make the child breathe more easily, according to a new study.

Fathers do not want to answer their children's questions about sex, with 95 per cent of parents saying that it is mothers who take on that role, new research claims.

Hollywood star Drew Barrymore grew an odd goatee when she was pregnant with daughter Olive.

A man's self-image is hugely boosted after he becomes a father - unlike women who often feel less physically attractive, according to new research.

Halley Berry has confirmed she is expecting a baby with her fiance Olivier Martinez.

Kim Kardashian's ex-boyfriend has written a song about the pregnant star. Meanwhile, the baby bump has been exposed on Twitter.

Gwyneth Paltrow has defended Kim Kardashian against jibes about her weight.

Lisa East is the first woman to become pregnant in New Zealand through a fertility treatment that is well established overseas, but new here.

Kiwi parents care for their children more than eight hours a day on average, but mothers spend more time than fathers during the week.

The arrival of a healthy newborn baby is a cause for happiness and hope. But this is not always the case in the Western Pacific region, where a newborn dies every two minutes.

Being a fussy eater could be in your genes, new research suggests.

A grandmother who fell pregnant after a surgeon clamped her bladder instead of a fallopian tube has been granted ACC compensation - 15 years on.

Midwives are rejecting free flu jabs despite working with the most vulnerable patients.

What are your views on multiple-partner fertility? Have you noticed it is becoming more common – and, if so, why do you think that might be?

Puti Crawford is one of 1100 students graduating from Hamilton's Wintec tomorrow, but none of the others had to overcome such exceptional personal circumstances.

Too many Maori and Pacific babies are dying from sudden unexpected death despite a record low in the number of deaths last year, health advocates say.

New figures show there are more than 2000 children in New Zealand whose fathers are younger than 20.

Pregnant women and mothers returning to work from maternity leave are facing illegal discrimination and losing their jobs.