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A new study has found that mothers unconsciously reinforce gender stereotypes to their children.

4 great tips to help you fit exercise into your week

Celebs can give women unrealistic expectations of how their body will look post-baby, but we hope to reveal the truth...

Lauren from The Preggo Files loves fitness, but pregnancy has made keeping fit a little more challenging than usual...

Tiger mum, dolphin dad – modern trends in parenthood

Here we set the story straight on a few old wives tales and superstitions that you may have heard and believed

Becoming a mum can be very hard work, with tough days as well as happy ones. Don't worry if you find it harder than you imagined - you're not alone!

Everything you need to know and do to prepare for the birth and early weeks of your twins' lives.

Your essential guide to breastfeeding success with your baby

We asked grieving mothers what helped them through losing their child.

Tired, sensitive, scatty...some of the early pregnancy symptoms are similar to what you'll go through as a new mum. Here's why, and what to do about them.

It may happen all the time, but deciding to "just go for it" isn't the ideal way to fall pregnant. Here's our pre-conception checklist.

Will you be adding 'seeding' to your birth plan?

This raw video is incredible!

Forget handbags, nappy bags are the essential accessory for the mum-about-town! But what should you put in it? Here's our guide.

Concerned about her daily tiredness, Sally Giles went to see her GP. The doctors had some news. She was 23 weeks pregnant — with two babies.

Need help getting little ones into the Land of Nod without the drama? Try one (or all) of these sleep plans

Mother & Baby Mother of the Year Awards 2014

This mum shares her premature birth story after discovering she had gestational diabetes

Her baby died but her toddler son miraculously survived.

Tips to survive the grind

This has changed my life & inspires me to give something back to the community.

Watch as this mum captures her baby's priceless 'dance off' in her pregnant belly.

13 apps every mum needs in her life to take the pressure off!

Ethereal and graceful pregnancy photos you're going to want of yourself!

Your guide to expressing milk for bub

Just beautiful! Alyssa Milano feeding her newborn daughter is priceless.

While you may identify with these celebrities comments, while others will just make you laugh out loud!

DEAUVANNÉ ATHANASAKIS

Complete list of stockists from Pregnancy & Birth and other & Baby magazines.

Acting Editor, Mother & Baby Magazine

Mum’s the word… Lie! Cheat! Deceive! When it comes to keeping your baby-on-board under wraps, try these sneaky tricks that are sure to hide the happy news

Aussie actress Tammin Sursok shares the joys – and juggle – of parenthood and her career in Hollywood.

Do you want a baby out of boredom or pure broodiness? Or maybe because you're expected to? Your reasons could say a lot about your future style of motherhood.

Adorable new baby photos shows this celeb mum as relaxed, radiant & well-rested.

So beautiful. Just watch...

The six types of mothers of Bondi. Which one are you?

If you know what makes a star baby buy, the team at Mother & Baby needs your help.

Attention! New mum coming through! Here's our foolproof guide to getting out of the house, baby and all.

One of Australia’s most celebrated fashion designers Collette Dinnigan had given birth to a healthy baby boy

Bring on the Convoy for Kids!

Honest words from this mother of four children.

From the outside, it looked like Sandra Bullock was a woman who had it all, a loving son, an Oscar and a super-hot bloke who loved her – but there was room in Sandy’s heart for one more blessing.

See which of your favourite products won medals at the hotly contested 2013 Australian Mother & Baby Magazine Awards, sponsored by Coles.

The hottest prams of this year, tried, tested and reviewed

Fearless is a word that can easily describe no-nonsense music sensation Pink, but when it comes to being a mum she’s afraid, very afraid.

Meet Sandy Bullock's beautiful new daughter, Laila.

She rose to fame on Home and Away, then took Hollywood by storm, and now Melissa George is about to face her biggest challenge yet – being a mum to two boys!

These days Sophie Ellis-Bextor is less about murdering the dance floor and more about changing nappies after she welcomed her fourth child into the world earlier last week.

Lucy Liu can’t stop smiling about her darling new son, Rockwell, and neither can he!

“It’s a miracle we both survived”

On October 30th, former Blockheads, Bec and George Douros welcomed their son, Archie Nicolas Douros.

For three months actress Zooey Deschanel has kept details about her daughter under wraps - until now. And we can’t handle the cuteness overload!

“I bet he likes you”

“You can’t live with a prankster and not expect to get pranked”

She wasn’t the fairytale figure I had imagined, but she was still my mother.

In support of a new Army mother's nursing room a photographer shot 10 soldiers breastfeeding in uniform.

She’s made a career out of being a no-nonsense, rough-around-the-edges rock star, but just take one look at Pink’s daughter Willow and you’ll see her heart-melting soft side.

Jennifer Love Hewitt has shown she’s imperfectly human in the most perfect way.

Australia’s golden girl Libby Trickett and her husband Luke have welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world.

The notoriously private Lucy Liu has surprised the world by announcing she has become a mum for the first time.

This defiant German mum of 17 says she has plenty of energy for four new babies.

When Helen Carmina uploaded this photo, she never imagined within days it would be viewed by over 8 million people.

The love thing is astonishing. It's a very primal, primal love. That's quite extraordinary.

Having lost an arm in a shark attack, pro surfer Bethany Hamilton knows a thing or two about putting life into perspective.

Beyoncé might have been drunk in love but for these gorgeous bubs they're all about being #MilkDrunk.

It's love at first sight.

She’s already the proud mother to four-year-old son Jackson, who she adopted from South Africa in 2012, and now actress Charlize Theron has reportedly added to her brood!

And look how many cards she got!

With a much-loved mum and three spirited girls, Susan Horsburgh ponders the fraught mother-daughter relationship and the art of the maternal put-down.

Britney Spears has eight albums, a giant discography and countless hits but it seems her mum Lynne Spears never gets tired of listening to them.

Take a walk down memory lane with these loveable on-screen mother and daughter couplings and quotes.

It seems the more negative the article is the more hits "mummy blogs" get, argues Pat McDermott.

Science is claiming women with children are healthier and happier than childless women. What do you think?

Kate McGlade has launched a public appeal help her reconnect with the birth parents she never knew.

Her only memories of her stillborn son were on the phone, and now this Aussie mum needs our help to get it back.

From flower deliveries of 2,000 roses, to tribute tattoos, take a look at how celebrities celebrates Mother's Day this year.

Motherhood is what you make of it. It requires nothing short of 100% mental focus and it is your grandest “project” that you will ever undertake.

Bad news, ladies: the screening process for dating Jake Gyllenhaal includes meeting his mother ... on the first date.

If you could write down all the things you ever wanted to say to your newborn baby, what would you say?

Aussie model Robyn Lawley has given birth to her first baby, a daughter named Ripley in the US.

Prince Albert of Monaco has opened up about his late mother, Princess Grace, in an interview with the American news channel CNBC. In the interview he describes his mother, who died in a car accident after suffering a stroke in 1982, as a “very caring and very loving mother”. The 56 year-old, who became a father […]

You don't need a Hallmark holiday to enjoy some family time. Here's our list of things to do with mum that won't end in arguments about politics or questionable parenting tips.

Leila McKinnon tells The Australian Women's Weekly that despite her struggles to have babies in the past she would love for husband David Gyngell to agree to try for a third.

The women, aged 29 and 34, were among nine women to have womb transplants – seven of which have succeeded. Their babies, which were delivered by caesarean section, were grown in the same womb that they were decades earlier. The medical breakthrough, which was part of a trial at Gothenburg University in Sweden, gives hope […]

Mark Latham has today published a column in which he basically says that a columnist on The Sydney Morning Herald, Lisa Pryor, should be ashamed of herself for admitting that she takes medication to manage her depression.

Brisbane mum Julie Cross has caused an internet sensation after a swimwear photo she posted on Facebook has garnered more than 128,000 likes and 2,700 shares in less than 24 hours. The 46-year-old mother-of-two explains she was prompted to share a bikini snap of herself after she overheard a group of young people making snarky remarks […]

The Weekly's Royal Correspondent, Juliet Rieden, reveals how our Mary is proving to be Europe's most admirable princess.

Hollywood isn't short of mummy-moguls who manage to use their celebrity to start a company but Jessica Alba trumps them all.

A Spanish businesswomen has said that she would not hire a woman between the ages of 25 and 45 incase they fell pregnant.

Police are investigating a report that a man grabbed hold of a pram containing a 14-month-old boy while the child's mother was out jogging in Sydney's inner-west yesterday.

Super fit Brisbane mum Sally Brouwer says she wasn't fat shaming new mums when she posted a pregnancy and post-pregnancy shot of herself on social media.

Award-winning journalist Leigh Sales is returning as host of ABC's 7.30 on Monday night after maternity leave.

The Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) reports that there has been almost 21,000 laboratory confirmed cases in the country this year – that’s double the number of cases at the same time last year. The records show that many of the cases are affecting those aged between 20 and 49 and 25 per cent more women […]

Working mothers face shocking discrimination in the corporate world.

A woman and her newborn baby are lucky to be alive after the pregnant mother was forced to give birth while undergoing heart surgery.

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson says women need to take time off from work in order to be a great mum.

Are you desperate to give your mum something she actually wants this Mother's Day? Check out our selection of amazing gifts to help you spoil your mother on Sunday, May 11.

After giving birth only 4 months ago, Kate looks stunning on the red carpet

Miranda Kerr's mother Therese has denied a rift with her supermodel daughter, insisting she has simply decided to "step out of Miranda's shadow".