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New fertility hope for couples
Women who need medical help to become pregnant but face risks from standard IVF treatment are being offered new hope of motherhood.
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<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: Ignoring the inevitable might make it go away
When my caregiver casually commented that "I appear to be a few days overdue in the gynaecological department," I responded by assuring her gruffly that it would be nothing more than business stress throwing her system around a bit.
![Guy Ritchie to become a father third time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Guy Ritchie to become a father third time
The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director and his model girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley are expecting their first child together in September and are thrilled at their impending arrival.
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Natalie Portman expecting baby boy - reports
The Black Swan actress - whose first child is due this summer - and fiancé Benjamin Millepied are said to be "so excited" to be welcoming a baby son into the world.
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Jessica Alba pregnant
The Fantastic Four actress announced she and husband Cash Warren were "thrilled" to be expecting their second child who would be a younger brother or sister to two-year-old daughter Honor.
![Fruit juice, apples linked to fetus harm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fruit juice, apples linked to fetus harm
Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.
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Study: Sugars could harm unborn baby
Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.
![Cynthia Nixon's fiancée gives birth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cynthia Nixon's fiancée gives birth
Cynthia Nixon's fiancée has given birth to their son.
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Kate Moss planning baby with fiancé - reports
Kate Moss is planning to have a baby with fiancé Jamie Hince.
![<i>Dita de Boni</i>: A certain trainwreck](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Dita de Boni</i>: A certain trainwreck
Sometimes, there's nothing more guaranteed to bring you down than reading the Sunday papers.
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Newborns beat odds to survive
A pint-sized namesake of rocker Axl Rose and his identical twin brother have fought the odds and survived. Newborns Axel and Kyan Crossley-Coe suffer from a rare syndrome that affects just 5 to 10 per cent of identical twins. About one in 2
![Big mums risk babies' health](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Big mums risk babies' health
Overweight pregnant women are a growing problem and they are costing the health system millions of dollars.
![Breast milk donors fill gap left by death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Breast milk donors fill gap left by death
The wishes of a first-time mother killed in a car accident will be granted by a network of other mothers.
![Penelope Cruz gives birth to baby boy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Penelope Cruz gives birth to baby boy
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem's first child together is a boy.
![Celebrity mum's baby blues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrity mum's baby blues
Margarita Politis is a glamorous 42-year-old woman who once appeared in a magazine with celebrity psychic Kelvin Cruickshank, excited they were having a baby.
![Vitamins aid becoming a father, study shows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Vitamins aid becoming a father, study shows
Taking supplements of certain vitamins and minerals may help men with low fertility to become fathers, research has found.
![First glimpse of Sir Elton's son](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
First glimpse of Sir Elton's son
Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have shown off newborn son Zachary for the first time since his birth on Christmas Day.
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Antioxidants may improve chance of conceiving - research
Couples trying for a baby may find it easier to conceive if the male takes antioxidant supplements, new research suggests.
![U2's Adam Clayton secretly became a father](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
U2's Adam Clayton secretly became a father
The bassist - who was previously engaged to supermodel Naomi Campbell and later split from Susie Smith, his girlfriend of 10 years, months before they were due to marry - had a son with an unnamed French woman early last year.
![Breastfeeding study and baby food firms link revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Breastfeeding study and baby food firms link revealed
Scientists who cast doubt on the safety of exclusively breastfeeding babies until six months allegedly have links to baby food companies.