December 2024
‘Courses in love’: China steps up campaign to promote marriage, babies
Universities have been asked to educate single students on relationships and regular articles appear in state media about the benefits of having children.
- Eleanor Olcott, Nian Liu and Wang Xueqiao
September 2024
‘Perilous’: doctors warn pregnant women at risk from medicine shortages
Experts warn that supplies of crucial obstetric medicines are running short in Australia, putting pregnant women at risk from serious conditions like preeclampsia.
- Gus McCubbing
November 2023
Aussie brands still rule China’s downsized Single’s Day
Australian products from vitamins to infant formula are still hot sellers at the world’s biggest shopping event, which offered big discounts this year.
- Carrie LaFrenz
July 2023
Ash Barty reveals birth of baby boy
The retired Australian tennis star announced she had given birth to her first child, Hayden, with husband Gary Kissick.
- Ian Chadband
February 2021
Is birth trauma the next feminist frontier?
A new documentary from Australian actress Zoe Naylor explores why women’s birth experiences are diminished, rather than celebrated.
- Lauren Sams
January 2020
Outdated, dangerous childbirth practices persist in Europe
Once-accepted techniques now considered to be unnecessary or even risky are still commonplace in labour wards.
- Maria Cheng
Chinese parents test babies’ DNA to discover their talents
Mums and dads eager to shape their offspring into prodigies are fuelling the advance of a growing but largely unregulated industry.
- Daniela Wei, K Oanh Ha and Kristen V Brown
September 2019
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- Investing
Quadrant targets sleeping babies in second growth fund investment
Quadrant Private Equity's $400 million growth fund has made its second ever investment in baby swaddle and sleepwear company Love to Dream.
- Tim Boyd, Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
August 2019
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- Funding
'TripAdvisor for baby products' in the money
An Australian couple started Tell Me Baby when they couldn't find good baby product reviews. Now, they've raised $5.5m to start selling local products in China.
- Yolanda Redrup