Premature birth is on the rise globally and doctors are not sure how to remedy early labor. The March of Dimes issued a global report Sunday on premature births and the statistics reveal 12.9 million infants are born before 37 weeks of development. That equals nearly 10 percent of the annual worldwide birth total.

A mother in Jakarta, Indonesia, delivered a 19.2-pound, 2-foot-long child on Monday via Caesarean section. In retrospect, giving birth to a 9 pound baby now seems trivial. The 19.2 lb baby is now recorded as the largest baby born in Indonesia and just a few pounds short of the world record holder, a 23 lb. baby born in 1879.

Two U.S. toddlers have been shot within hours of each other, both by siblings who found guns in their homes. Both incidents occurred on Thursday night.

Tragedy strikes Florida family as pet python snake kills 2-year-old baby girl

It's that time when the Social Security department releases the list of top baby names in the prior year. For the top baby names 2009 list (which is really for 2008), Emma ousted Emily as America’s favorite name for a baby girl. Meanwhile, Jacob held on to the top spot for baby boy names for the 10th year in a row.

It was a subject of much discussion when my wife was pregnant: what was greener? Cloth diapers or disposables? It's not so cut and dried as you might think, considering washing diapers, etc. But when it came right down to it, convenience won out, and we went with disposables. But many are switching to cloth, in an attempt to save money in this recession.

TLC cable channel is excited to announce that Jennifer Lopez will serve as co-executive producer, co-creater and star in a new reality show. J-Lo will take you on a journey of launching her perfume line and raising her twins, Emme and Max with husband singer Marc Anthony.

The Australian Thinkers Summit was held this weekend in Canberra. Some 1,000 people, including actress Cate Blanchett, gathered to come up with ideas to aid Australia’s many challenges. The actress was accompanied by her playwright husband Andrew Upton and their one week old son Ignatius.

A baby is twice as likely to be born bottom first if either or both the parents were themselves breech deliveries, according to a study published ahead of print on bmj.com. The results suggest genes are a contributing factor.

The Diaper Free movement is growing thick and fast. The movement was founded on the belief that all babies are born with an instinctive ability to signal when they have to use the restroom.

Very young babies are vulnerable to sudden death, when seated, warns a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Golf champion Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Woods welcomed their first daughter, Sam Alexis, on Monday. Sam made her big debut just a few hours after her dad Tiger Woods finished second in the US Open.