A Kiwi baby born three months early in Shanghai is finally home in Auckland, and has enjoyed her first cuddle with her mother.

The mother of a sick baby in hospital was told she didn't qualify for meals because she wasn't breastfeeding.

Life & Style Editor Nicky Park spoke to postnatal depression expert Dr Sara this week and now she's online to answer all your questions.

Children born to women who drink milk during pregnancy are more likely to be tall when they are teenagers, new research shows.

When a new baby is born it's all happy snaps, proud online posts and loved up parents. However, it's not all roses.

Around 10 to 20 per cent of New Zealand women will suffer some form of postnatal depression (PND) and some dads will cop a dose too. And up to 80 per cent of women go through a thing called 'third day blues,' a totally normal, short, hormone-induced condition following childbirth. New Zealand psychiatrist and PND expert, Dr Sara Weeks, says it's time for women to stop suffering in silence and has penned a new book, Mothers Cry Too, to try and raise awareness of PND. In this video Nicky Park talks with Dr Sara about the various ways PND can manifest, how we can tell if a woman is at risk, what we can do to help and the fact that dads are at risk too.

Australian doctors have achieved a world first by helping a woman become pregnant from ovarian tissue grafted into her abdomen.

One in two women aged under 35 will be rewarded with a baby if they persevere with assisted fertilisation attempts, according to a groundbreaking study.

Many babies are making their photographic debut on social media within an hour of their birth, according to research.

A leading researcher credited with helping to save thousands of babies from cot death has been honoured by his medical college.

A new book is set to turn conventional wisdom on its head, arguing that wine and coffee caused damage to unborn babies is nothing more than a "motherhood myth".

Mother-of-three Nicola Mapletoft has been put off having a fourth child because her last birth was a caesarean.

A soon-to-be grandma has amazing reaction to pregnancy announcement

A couple of weeks ago, a 6.1kg baby girl was born in Leipzig in Germany, a record for that nation.

Women lose a quarter of their maternal urges for every 15 extra IQ points they have, according to international research.

From crashing websites to a 600% surge in sales, how small firm behind that bird print swaddle coped with overwhelming demand.

A Kaipara woman who is dying of cancer helped to save the life of her grandson when he was born prematurely and not breathing.

Multi-tasking parents cope better with the demands of modern-day life than their childless counterparts, new research reveals.

Mothers have been urged to breastfeed for longer, with new research indicating it improves child intelligence and language.

Three teenage mothers will be among the first Auckland members of a voluntary scheme that helps people to start a garden, then pass on the chance of a garden to someone else.

In just two days almost $50,000 has been raised to help the family of baby Lily Hewgill, born three months early while her parents were in transit in Shanghai last week.

For mum watching around the world as the Duchess of Cambridge walked out on to the steps of the Lindo Wing yesterday, the real delight was her ‘mummy tummy’.

In the last few decades, New Zealand has demonstrated to the world exactly how mature and confident it is, writes Sean Palmer. "Republicans cling to an outdated view of NZ."

An Auckland couple are fighting to bring their sick baby home after she was born three months early on a stopover in China.

He will be heir to riches of which the other 361,480 babies who share his birthday can only dream, writes Brian Rudman.

A baby quite ordinary in every other way, has no idea yet that he is going to have an extraordinary life.

For Darren Liffler and Ellen Faulkner little Ruby is a princess all of their own.