The number of pregnant women opting to have the flu vaccination is a third lower than this time last year. This information comes from Health Protection Agency data.

This information comes just as Dr Maureen Baker from the Royal College of GPs said the UK could still see a flu outbreak within the next few weeks. She told GP magazine that the usual seasonal spike in flu activity has yet to emerge this winter. 

A British man, who started life as a woman, is believed to have given birth last year while living as a man.

According to medical experts there is no reason a woman who has had a sex change can't have children if the womb is not removed during sex change surgery

 According to new research published in the medical journal The Lancet pregnant women with breast cancer can give birth safely even if they are having chemotherapy.

The findings go on to say that it is not necessary to deliver the baby early or delay treatment. Women are instead advised to aim to have a normal length pregnancy, because in most cases the cancer can still be treated with both chemo and surgery. Terminating the pregnancy does not appear to improve a woman's chance of surviving the disease, it added.

Reserchers have warned that pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition. 

The findings would suggest that higher blood sugar levels in the mother raise the risk.

The model and television presenter is expecting a baby with rocker fiancé Thomas Cohen. Her spokeswoman said: 'Peaches Geldof and her fiance Thomas Cohen are delighted to announce that Peaches is pregnant with their first child. Peaches is utterly thrilled and they have the full support of both of their families who are equally excited for the baby's arrival.'

How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan is going to be a mother again, her spokesperson has confirmed.

'Alyson is thrilled to be pregnant!' a source close to the star told Us Weekly magazine today.

The actress, 37, has been denying she is pregnant ever since photos of her with what looked like a bump appeared in September.

New research has revealed that pregnant women are 70 times more likely to get tuberculosis.

According to a new study expectant mothers or those who have given birth within the past six months are 69 per cent more likely to get the illness.

Kourtney Kardashian has revealed that she is just nine weeks into her pregnancy with second child to her partner Scott Disick. The couples son Mason, turns two on December 14.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband Peter Sarsgaard are having a second child to add to their little family.

She is supposedly six months pregnant with her second child, the couple already have a daughter together, five year old Ramona.

Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, are to have another baby in the Autumn

The couple already have three daughters, Alexia 11(Luciana's from a previous relationship), Isabella who's three and baby Gia at just 20 months. Close friends have revealed that Matt is an amazing father and he was reported in the past as saying that becoming a father completely changed his life.