Helen O’Callaghan hears about the benefits of breastfeeding.

Pregnancy is often an anxious time, but in this country, mothers-to-be are offered a number of routine screening tests which can show whether they or their babies are at risk of certain health problems.

Helen O’Callaghan says a viral video of a dad interacting with his baby shows how mirroring behaviour is key for a child’s development.

The baby and her mum are said to be doing well.

Neil Vargesson describes possible causes of limb malformations in babies born in rural areas of France.

999 operators talked a Dublin woman and her partner through the birth of their baby last night.

Maeve, born to mum Michelle Montague and dad Simon Cox from Kilmessan near Trim in Co Meath, weighed 7.4lbs and is the couple's first child.

You don’t get balloons and congratulations when your baby is born as prematurely as ours was, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

More than 100 people attended a candlelit vigil last night for the baby whose body was found on a beach in Dublin.

The baby weighed 8lb and 9oz with mother and child both ‘doing well’.

Prof Geraldine Boylan, co-founder and director of INFANT and Professor of Neurophysiology at UCC, says it is vital to continue research into maternal and child health

Much is written and said about families living in poverty, but accounts rarely draw on the experiences of these families themselves, writes Gill Main.

New parents are in line for an extra two weeks of paid leave as part of Budget 2019.

They see me rollin’, they hatin’.

Tears are a regular occurrence in a fertility clinic. Tears of joy, tears of frustration, tears of loss happen almost daily. For some, those tears are the tears of “what if”, writes Marie Menke.

A four-week-old baby girl who was taken in a carjacking in England has been found safe and well.

Karen Koster has welcomed a baby girl called Eve.

Conor McGregor Junior is only one-year-old and is already following in his dad’s footsteps.

A man and a woman arrested as part of the investigation into the death of a 10 week old baby in County Longford have been released without charge.

A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the death of a baby in Longford on June 4 last year.

A hospital in Montenegro has launched an investigation after a family went home from the maternity ward with the wrong baby.

A woman has claimed authorities in the Italian city of Turin have refused to register her newborn baby, conceived abroad by artificial insemination, due to Italian laws that make fertility treatments available only to heterosexual couples.

Gardaí are reportedly investigating the discovery of the body of a newborn baby in the boot of a car.

The family of a child who was brain damaged after hospital staff in England did not explain the importance of feeding a newborn have won their High Court claim in the UK.

A seven-month-old boy has died after being bitten on the head by the family's dog in southern Germany.

Police are appealing for information on the mother of a dead baby found in a field in Greater Manchester and are concerned for her welfare.

Police are investigating after the body of a newborn baby was found in a field.

A police officer in the UK has helped deliver a baby on the side of a motorway.

Kathryn Thomas has welcomed her baby girl with an adorable picture on her Instagram account.

Irish scientists have discovered why babies need to move in the womb.

Operation Transformation’s Aoife Hearne offers tips on how to get through the bouts of morning — and all-day — sickness

Just because Kourtney Kardashian does it, doesn’t mean you should too. Attachment parenting, and bed sharing in particular has its critics, writes Sharon Ní Chonchúir 

Parents concerned about the risk of cot death could keep track of their babies' heart and breathing rates with updates to their phones thanks to a scientific breakthrough.

A tainted baby milk scandal affecting 30 countries is growing after French dairy giant Lactalis recalled millions more products globally because of fears of salmonella contamination.

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission has admitted it will be “difficult to establish the facts” surrounding the burials of children who died in all of the homes it is investigating.

Wigan's Ryan Colclough had a day to remember yesterday after scoring twice before dashing to see the birth of his son.

A miracle spared the life of a baby boy whose buggy was blown from his mother’s hands and pinned between a wall and a car in Ballintemple in Cork city.

A father has said a hospital's apology over the death of his premature son has come "two-and-a-half years too late" after bosses admitted their failure to give him "timely" antibiotics contributed to his death.

Maternity leave is being extended for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. The Government decision will be announced today and is expected to benefit over 4,500 mothers annually.

Why has the country with the worst breastfeeding rate in the developed world just axed its international breastfeeding development programme?

Williams has released the first images of her newborn daughter.

A five-month-old baby who suffered "devastating" brain injuries after being shaken was unlawfully killed by one of her parents, a coroner has found.

Warning signs were missed and there had been a series of communication failings in a labour ward in the hours before a baby suffered catastrophic brain damage during birth.

A husband and wife wept as they recalled bringing their baby home in a tiny white coffin after his death from a devastating brain injury suffered during birth.

Kate Whiting on interacting with the little one growing inside you

A Brazilian baby that was shot while still in the womb has survived.

The family of the baby who died after being left unattended in a car for several hours are being comforted by relatives and neighbours as they attempted to come to terms with the tragedy.