Eight years after she shot to fame, "Octomom" has returned to the spotlight to discuss her much-hated public persona.

Thanks to strangers, this grieving father was able to hear his wife's voice again, after she died giving birth to their son.

The first thing most new mums do is hold their newborn baby in their arms, but for one woman this precious first cuddle happened a whole week later.

After the birth of my child, I thought that I would feel so much joy, but instead I'm irritable, worry constantly and feel totally overwhelmed. Is this normal?

A contraceptive injection for men has been shown to be almost 100 per cent effective, and may also increase libido

"This is a helper. This is kind of like having as night nurse or nanny."

Like most people, I knew basically nothing about miscarriage until it happened to me, writes Alice Callahan.

When Sophie Hughes flew 16,000 kilometres to visit her tiny nephew Oscar, she arrived with a special present - the gift of life.

Kiwi parents are getting behind a growing trend - using colourful knitted or crochet umbilical cord ties instead of medical clamps.

Over the past four years Matt has sent his sperm to hundreds of couples for free via Facebook. He gets up to 10 requests for his services per day.

When most women think about childbirth it's fair to say that some memories are not exactly pleasant.

A US woman was surprised to find she had been charged a fee for a skin to skin moment with her newborn.

Women around the world have documented the pain, anguish, anxiety and joy that having a baby brings.

Smoking is now much more of a rarity thanks to amendments in the smoke-free Environments Act and new 10 per cent a year tax rise.

COMMENT: I talked to other parents about what they did and didn't like about the age spacing between their kids, here's what they said.

Babies born under the care of midwives have suffered higher rates of damage than those whose mothers were looked after by doctors, according to new research.

New research reveals a link to lower miscarriage rates.

An expectant mother took to the internet to ask about how to prepare one's 'intimate lady areas' before labour - and other mums came out in droves to help.

The advice is ever changing and still controversial. But what's becoming clear is just how crucial a woman's diet is to her child's future health.

It was a photo that tugged at the heartstrings of people the world over - a healthy twin hugging his sick brother for the first time following their birth.

A woman who wants to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild is a step closer.

Worried about the right way to parent? Don't bother, writes Susie Mesure, for it makes no difference.

Being a transgender adolescent is no barrier to pregnancy, research shows.

I am in pain. Yes, it's physical. It throbs where the baby was so recently growing in my womb and I have cramping as my body readjusts to being an empty vessel again.

Most new mothers dream of the day their little darlings will no longer need help going to the toilet.

Irene Higgins is desperate to find a surrogate.She and her fiancé have been trying to have a baby for six years through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Emma Kershaw is reaching out to strangers to help her prepare for a family before it's too late.

A 23-year-old mother is suing her doctor and local hospital after a failed termination resulted in the birth of her son.

The stigma surrounding abortion further isolates those who have been through it, writes Britany Robinson.

A same sex couple in South Africa are believed to be the first in world to have triplets - which also include identical twins - using both of their DNA.