Although scientists and health officials urge mothers to keep breastfeeding their babies for half a year at least, many of them cease to breastfeed sooner for various reasons. Full story

Breastfeeding is known to be a good means of decreasing the risk of putting on too much weight later in life. But so far there has been no research to tell us how breastfeeding should be combined with giving the child solid complementary food. Full story

Your long-awaited little one will thrive on communication, and the recognition of the fact that the fetus is quite like a baby in what relates to its need in conversation and music, is known to advance the development of the child in the womb considerably. Full story

Luigi Orfeo, the head of maternity ward at Rummo hospital in the southern Italian city of Benevoto told journalists on Monday that all six twins born by the 32-year-old Italian woman Carmela Olivia on January 10 have a good chance to survive. Full story

There are numerous studies showing that children notch up mothers’ stress level because of the need for unyielding attention, nursing and care. But a new study finds that on the whole parents who have children register lower blood pressure than those who chose to remain childless. Full story

It is but last Thursday that Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham brought home their fourth child, baby girl called Grace, yet the suggestion of another one coming soon is in the air already! Full story

Russian singer/composer Oksana Grigorieva, 39, Mel Gibson’s latest flame and mother of his eighth child, looks stunning. It’s not three months yet after she gave birth to Lucia on October 30, but she goes about slim and charming as ever. Full story

Mozart's music promotes faster weight gain in immature babies and makes them stronger. The fact was established by experiments conducted at the Tel Aviv Medical Center. Full story

A study by American scientists on how the capacity for creativity and affective disorders are linked revealed the depression-prone parents are more likely to have a genius child compared to optimists, reports the Psychological Science. Full story

Many recent researches showed great benefits of breastfeeding. Breastfed babies are considered to be healthier, more fortified against heart disease, diabetes, chest infections, high blood pressure, eczema, leukemia, asthma, and, finally, obesity. Full story

As a rule ultrasounds for expecting mothers – if there are no complications - are confined to two, one ultrasound test for the first and one for the second trimester, to ensure that there is no risk. More is usually regarded as unnecessary and even harmful, for the test requires withdrawing fluid from the sac around the fetus. Full story

Jill Hawkins, a British surrogate mother, never wanted to have children of her own but found that she liked being pregnant so much that she just can’t stop. Having borne seven babies, she had decided to give up on the job back in 2006 only to find that she was sorely missing the state. Full story

Keyshia Cole’s plate for the year 2010 is full to overflowing – what with her pregnancy (which was officially confirmed by her reps, though none too early) and the announcement of her 4th album coming out. Full story

Most of us were brought up in belief that physical discipline like smacking or spanking can teach the child aggressiveness and induce him or her to act out and misbehave even more. But it turns out that there’s more to physical discipline than meets the eye. Full story

A new discovery of scientists from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, allows to find out the sex of your baby as early as five weeks into a pregnancy. Full story

Well, it’s the second time Matthew McConaughey, 40, and Camila Alves, 26, declined the possibility of learning the coming child’s sex beforehand, and though he wrote that their instincts told them the answer, he never revealed it, keeping his fans guessing. Full story

RadarOnline.com reports that on Monday Helio Castroneves, Dancing With The Stars champion, became father to a baby girl. Full story

CareerOne initiated a new survey touching on the subject of family and career in women’s lives. It appears that working women are inclined to find family obligations obstructing their careers and interfering seriously with their promotion possibilities. Full story

A number of studies established that insufficiency of a thyroid hormone may lead to different complications during pregnancy and delivery. For example, low levels of free thyroxine (FT4) may be responsible for pre-eclampsia, premature birth and even miscarriage. Full story

Extra worries, extra arrangements, but extra fun! Still thinking twins is something extraordinary? Not in Hollywood! Geniuspregnancy.com tells you about celebrity parents of twins. Full story

Reality star Hottie Tila Tequila may have thought of a really grand gift for Christmas: she is going to become a surrogate mother for her brother and his wife. She had already hinted at an unusual holiday present on Twitter, promising to "CHANGE HIS LIFE AND MINE FOREVER!!!!" Full story

Although nowadays the issue of dangers that taking certain drugs poses for pregnant women is often brought up, it remains a pressing one since many expectant moms continue to take medicines without giving a thought to their possible pernicious effect on the fetus. Full story

Tom Brady, 32, and Gisele Bündchen, 29, are still undecided over the name of their baby who is already a week old. By last week, when their baby boy stepped into the world, there had been a name waiting for him for months, but all of a sudden it went out of the picture. Full story

Elizabeth Poblete, 22, Olympic weightlifter from Chile, didn’t experience a minute of her pregnancy. She never knew she was pregnant at all until her child clamored to be let out! Full story

British super model Jourdan Dunn has given birth to a baby boy Thursday in London. A spokesperson for her model agency, Storm, confirmed that Dunn and her boy, whose name is now kept under the wrap, got home from the hospital to embraces of her family and friends. Full story