The jury remains out on the exact causes of autism, although most experts agree that inherited tendencies play a significant role, including the presence of a genetic variation which upsets the mother’s ability to correctly utilise folic acid, which is essential for correct foetal development. The finger has also been pointed at a variety of […]

Beyoncé Knowles caused a showbiz sensation this week when she announced she was pregnant on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old singer cradled her small baby bump, telling photographers, “I have a surprise!” It will be Beyoncé’s first child with husband Jay-Z. This year has seen a […]

Pregnant women spend months agonising over whether to return to work or stay at home once they have given birth but one Hollywood actress has had the decision made for her. Hilary Duff has reportedly been dropped from her latest movie because she is pregnant. Related: Should you tell your daughter she’s beautiful The 23-year-old […]

A very pregnant Mariah Carey has bared all in a photo shoot with US magazine Life & Style just weeks before she is set to have her twins. The 42-year-old singer appears on the magazine’s cover looking confident and proud of her bump, but during the magazine interview she said it was wasn’t a decision […]

St George Hospital is refusing to release any details of an epidural blunder that left a young mother crippled, fuelling concerns that the public health system is not being held accountable for its mistakes. Grace Wang, 32, suffered massive damage to her nervous system, leaving her in a wheelchair and unable to hold her newborn […]

It’s been just five months since singer Celine Dion gave birth to twin boys, but her body has never looked better! The new mum said losing her baby weight fast after her pregnancy wasn’t her ultimate goal. “It’s not important. I’m not a model,” she told Canada’s eTalk. “I’m not there to wear a size […]

A teary-eyed Lily Allen has spoken for the first time about her second heartbreaking miscarriage in November last year. “It was a really long battle and I think that kind of thing changes a person,” the 25-year-old ex-pop star who gave up music last year said. Speaking on the Channel 4 documentary Lily Allen: Riches […]

A recent survey has revealed Australians disapprove of IVF sex selection but would prefer a “balanced” family with one girl and one boy. The study, led by Dr Rebecca Kippen from the School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne, found that 69 percent of respondents disapproved of the use of IVF for sex […]

Can a mother’s eating habits while pregnant affect her child? A new study suggests, it might. It’s well known that rats that are underfed during pregnancy produce fat babies with metabolic problems. To do the same studies with humans is difficult. Yet a “natural” experiment was provided during World War II when the German invasion […]

Aussie couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have stolen the show at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, gushing over their new baby daughter Faith Margaret and showing off the first pictures. New dad 43-year-old Keith showed reporters on the red carpet images on his phone of their five-week-old daughter, who was born […]