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Guy Ritchie to become a father third time

The <i>Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels</i> director and his model girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley are expecting their first child together in September and are thrilled at their impending arrival.

Breakthrough for bigger mums

Natalie Portman expecting baby boy - reports

The <i>Black Swan</i> 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.

Jessica Alba pregnant

The <i>Fantastic Four</i> 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.

Jaquie Brown gives birth to boy

British court to rule on sterilisation

The mother of a pregnant woman with learning difficulties pleaded with a court yesterday in Britain for her daughter to be sterilised.

More mums, same number of babies

NZers are only half as busy having babies as they were 40 years ago, but with today's larger population a similar number of babies - nearly 65,000 - were born last year.

Grandma gives birth to grandson

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon expecting boy and girl

<i>Dita de Boni</i>: A certain trainwreck

Sometimes, there's nothing more guaranteed to bring you down than reading the <i>Sunday</i> papers.

Big mums risk babies' health

Overweight pregnant women are a growing problem and they are costing the health system millions of dollars.

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

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

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem's first child together is a boy.

NZ hospitals reject Aussie filming ban

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.