• Mum asked to leave Victoria's Secret store to breastfeed son in alley

    For a company that makes billions of dollars a year selling bras, whose ads feature women dressed in nothing but sexy lingerie, you’d think that Victoria’s Secret stores would be breastfeeding-friendly. But one mum learnt that it isn't the case.

    Humiliated ... Ashley Clawson was told to leave a Victoria's Secret store to breastfeed her son in an alley.
  • The makings of a toddler tantrum

    Let me share with you, just from this week only, the apparently completely unreasonable behaviours I have expected of my child that have resulted in full on tantrums. Warning: low amounts of logic ahead.

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  • Nun's surprise baby 'a gift from God'

    A nun who gave birth to a baby boy has described him as "a gift of god" and pledged to take care of him as she faces expulsion from the convent.

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  • Can Google Glass help women breastfeed?

    New mothers struggling with breastfeeding may soon have the latest technology at their disposal to get expert help at any time of day.

    Sheila Chan using Google glass to aid her breastfeeding through Google Hangout to connect with a lactation consultant.
  • Why 'outsourcing' parenting is the new village

    It may take a village to raise a child, but it wasn’t until I searched the Huggies box for instructions on how to put on a nappy that a horrifying realistion dawned on me: the village had packed up its motor home and left long ago.

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Conception

Putting intelligence on the designer baby wishlist

Letitia Rowlands A healthy baby is what every parent wishes for. But will couples one day be able to guarantee their baby is also born intelligent?

Swedish doctors transplant nine wombs

Doctors in Sweden have transplanted wombs into nine women.

Nine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated from relatives and will soon try to become pregnant, the doctor in charge of the pioneering project has revealed.

Sperm-swap nightmare at fertility clinic

'So, whose fault is it?'

Assisted conceptions have more risk of serious complications

The myth of the 12-month referral wait

Pregnancy

Why we need to fight against FASD

Dr James Fitzpatrick Dr James Fitzpatrick, paediatrician, Pregnant Pause Champion and former Young Australian of the Year, explains why he believes so strongly in the Pregnant Pause campaign.

Birth

The wonder of 'One Born Every Minute'

CRAIG MATHIESON Forget horror films: this show has some astounding screaming, which tends to be accompanied by demands for an epidural, or the sudden realisation on the prospective mother's part that her partner is an idiot.

Meet New Zealand's 'quake baby'

Baby Miles was born during an earthquake in Wellington.

Talia Shadwell 9:04am Newborn Miles Gilpin entered the world at the very moment Wellington was struck by Monday's magnitude 6.2 earthquake.

'Our four kids have the same birthday'

Nun's surprise baby 'a gift from God'

Born again: The practice of rebirthing

Woman shares home birth story on Twitter, Facebook

Baby

Video: Man catches baby falling from trolley

Mashable A security video shows a store employee catching a baby that was milliseconds from falling onto a concrete fall.

Toddler

Jolly Wombat Tidy Kids Game: The app that makes tidying up fun

Babyology Hey kids, do you want to help me tidy up? (No response). Hey kids, do you want to play with the iPad? (Enthusiastic response).

The makings of a toddler tantrum

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JO HARTLEY Let me share with you, just from this week only, the apparently completely unreasonable behaviours I have expected of my child that have resulted in full on tantrums. Warning: low amounts of logic ahead.

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When you have a toddler

Mum's vow: 'I'm not losing her too'

What autism looks like in toddlers: VIDEO

Birthday parties: is every child born equal?

Being Dad

A great dad, but not a super hero

AMBER ROBINSON If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between the roles mothers and fathers play in the family home, this photo – or the public’s reaction to it – illustrated it entirely.

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Couvade syndrome: when dads have pregnancy pains too

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Libby Hakim Insomnia, nausea, tiredness and indigestion. While they’re not the most wonderful part of pregnancy, they usually don’t come as a surprise – unless it’s the dad-to-be who’s the one suffering.

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Dad and daughter's loving tribute in mum's memory

Dad dies hours after holding son for first time

Family's plea to help find missing dad Nick Eade

Male pill a step closer to reality

Lifestyle

Young widow speaks out about depression after husband's death on Christmas Eve

Peter Foley Elyssa Meynard hopes that by telling the heartbreaking story of her husband's suicide, she can spare others the painful journey she's been forced to make.

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Women on maternity leave facing 'second baby effect'

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SHANE GREEN Call it the second baby effect: women return to work after the birth of their second child and discover they are being discriminated against by previously accommodating managers.

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Why did mums once conceal themselves in photos?

I shout at my kids too much ... but I'm working on it

Learning to be a less selfless parent

Doctors want in-car cameras after another toddler driveway fatality