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A question of life or death: Could a baby’s organ save an adult life? (Envato Elements)

If your dying baby’s organs could save an adult’s life, would you donate them?

It’s a tough decision — and one few grieving parents are willing to make

EFF leader Julius Malema said despite being small in numbers

Motherhood’s vexing seclusion

Being kept under virtual house arrest with your newborn is definitely not fun

(John McCann)

Did she abandon her baby?

Statistics speak of numbers but they leave stories untold and questions abound

Zim couple suspect baby switch

A couple who believe their newborn baby was switched for an infant who died at birth is reliant on outside help for an independent DNA test.

Yay for SA’s child health policies

Extended drug roll-out is good news for prem babies

A simple injection could save many lives, but pregnant mothers must be encouraged to undergo checks if there appear to be any problems.

Special delivery: Over 200 Christmas babies in Limpopo

Limpopo province saw 239 babies born on Christmas day, says the provincial health department.

Battle of the babies: Blue Ivy vs North West in six memes

Kanye West has finally revealed a picture of his baby, North West. But Haji Mohamed Dawjee doesn’t think she’s the real queen baby.

Babies behind bars

Growing up behind bars can be traumatic, but some prisons work hard to improve conditions for the children of women inmates, writes Ilham Rawoot.

The organisations say lockdown regulations are unconstitutional because they do not protect the best interests of children

A baby for the biceps

A new arrival can wreak havoc on parents’ fitness, but not if they use their baby as a home gym.

China cracks down on dairy following baby deaths

All dairy producers across China will be tested following a scandal over a chemical placed in milk powder that has killed three babies.

China says 432 babies ill in milk-powder scare

China says it believes 432 babies across the country have been made ill by contaminated milk powder that caused them to develop kidney stones.

Septuplets’ mother hopes to hold them soon

A day after giving birth to septuplets, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman said on Sunday she’s only seen her babies on television.

Stolen baby found dead and buried

A newborn baby stolen from the maternity ward in Barberton Hospital in Nelspruit has been found dead, police said on Tuesday.

Woman gives birth while stuck in hospital lift

A woman gave birth while stuck in a lift at Johannesburg’s Coronation Hospital on Sunday night, the Gauteng health department confirmed.

E Cape hiding information on baby deaths, says DA

The Eastern Cape department of health needs to release a full report on the deaths of 142 babies in that province, says the DA.

Obama ‘accepting babies by mail’

The tradition of politicians kissing babies along the campaign trail has gone virtual.