A leading fertility expert is urging couples to start a family at a younger age amid fears of a growing over-reliance on technology.

Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled.

A global survey of fertility treatment covering more than 100 countries has revealed wide variations in international laws governing IVF, which are fuelling the growth of "fertility tourism".

Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen have reportedly become parents for the second time.

When the scales show you've put on ten kilos over three years, you have to do something about it, writes Dita De Boni.

New Zealand fertility experts are asking whether money could be offered to encourage men and women to donate sperm and eggs for childless couples.

Mariah Carey is four months pregnant, it has been claimed.

Jay-Z – who is married to Beyonce Knowles - has admitted he wants a baby after being persuaded by close friend Chris Martin.

Orlando Bloom says he's "really excited" at the prospect of becoming a father after his new wife Miranda Kerr confirmed the world's worst-kept secret, that she's having a baby.

Figures released for the year to June show more than 64,000 registered births, up nearly 1200 on 2009.

An Australian water polo champion allegedly killed her two-day-old baby because she saw her as hindering her Olympic bid, a court has heard.

Perhaps it's the growing novelty factor of having babies that lends some couples to spill so recklessly about the downsides.

Controversial new data suggests that more than half of all sole parents on the domestic purposes benefit first became beneficiaries as teens.

Authorities in central Mexico say a newborn baby girl, who was declared dead but later revived inside her coffin, has died.

Crown Princess Mary is pregnant with twins and is expected to give birth to them in January.

A Kiwi couple a week fly overseas for fertility treatment because it's easier to fulfil their dreams of becoming parents abroad.

A ground-breaking study has found that mothers can go back to work months after the birth of their child without the baby's well-being suffering.