Cerise Lawn says pregnant women must speak up when things don't look right, after signs of distress were overlooked and her baby was left struggling with disabilities from a damaged brain.

A Japanese man suspected of fathering at least 15 surrogate children in Thailand planned to sire up to 1000, the Japan Times reports.

If All Black Conrad Smith becomes a father before dawn, there is a chance he may be able to don a black jersey for tonight's Bledisloe Cup match in Australia.

Tania Eastlake is disappointed that her son Charlie was born by caesarean surgery, but knows that for his safety it was the only option.

We're in the changing rooms of a West Hollywood gym when I see the book poking out of my friend Kirsten's bag: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.

The details of a surrogacy case involving an Australian couple commissioning a pregnancy in Thailand have created outrage in all sorts of quarters.

Families do best when everyone is getting plenty of sleep. Even if just one member of a family is not sleeping well, the whole household can be affected.

Sonny Bill Williams' baby may be born a Kiwi as he and pregnant wife Alana plan to be based in NZ before the birth.

Breakthrough time-lapse image technology is offering fresh hope to couples struggling to have children.

You can read all the books, go to ante-natal classes and download the latest apps to monitor your pregnancy, but there will still be surprises when your little bundle of joy arrives.

Girls born to stressed mothers are themselves more likely to give birth prematurely, scientists have found.

A mother whose botched delivery of her baby daughter led to a midwife being criticised says she has finally seen justice served for the little girl.

Many new mothers suffer from extreme tiredness even four months after giving birth, prompting experts to warn they should not hurry back to work.

The Australian man at the centre of a surrogacy scandal involving a disabled baby is reported to have spent time in jail for indecent assault.

A maternity unit midwife held a partly born baby's umbilical cord to keep it warm during an emergency ambulance ride to hospital.

A Thai surrogate mother has declared she will "not give my baby to anybody" and rejected offers to adopt her 6-month-old son.

Psychologists have missed the nuttiness of men as birth of baby approaches. With a random sample n=1 let me plug the gap.

Rodney Hide and wife Louise are celebrating the arrival of a baby boy.

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese is launching her own maternity lingerie line.

The brains of premature babies can perform almost as well as those born at full-term by the time they're teenagers, depending on the environment the child grows up in, an Australian study shows.

Lucy Nicoll always expected to breastfeed her newborn triplets - what she didn't bank on was expressing milk night and day for her babies after they were born 15 weeks early.

Women who use pain relief during childbirth may have a lower risk of depression after their babies are born, a leading psychiatrist has said.

Nikau remains the most popular name for Maori boys born last year while Aria takes the top spot for girls from Maia.

Georgia Hageman was in bed at 4.30am when her waters broke and less than four hours later the 15-year-old Aucklander was holding her baby son.

Children's "vulnerability" is more like a revolving door than a fixed state, a new report has found.

A Spanish drug trafficker has given birth while in custody after attempting to smuggle up to half a million dollars worth of cocaine into New Zealand.

I love cricket. I love watching it. I love playing it, but I've got a problem. My wife is due to give birth today - the first day of the second England vs India test match at Lord's. And I've got a....

Women are often encouraged to "eat for two" during pregnancy. While this is right in terms of eating to meet both mum's and baby's needs, it doesn't mean doubling her total food and energy intake.

When Lilly McDonald first heard about an online group offering stuff for nothing, she didn't believe it.

A fertility support group is calling for a change in government in vitro fertilisation funding so couples can get a third cycle free.