Fertility
How tattoos became the ultimate conversation starter about miscarriage
While it was once taboo to discuss pregnancy loss, people are now choosing to commemorate their grief openly.
- by Frances Howe
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Opinion
Women's health
I knew very little about menopause. What I learnt made me joyful, fit and foxy
In 2017, I was not aware of any “loud voices” in the menopause awareness space. Nor did I know there were readily accessible treatments for what I was experiencing. I’m wiser and happier now.
- by Kerry Fox
Is menopause killing women’s work, or is ‘garbage data’ trashing the brand? A Senate inquiry must decide
Claims that large numbers of women are quitting the workforce early because menopause is not supported are unfounded and being pushed as fact, risking women’s economic security, critics say.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Women's health
The doctor who took on Goop and the biggest threat to women’s health
Seven years after gynaecologist Dr Jen Gunter wrote a seething open letter to Gwyneth Paltrow, women are still being bombarded with misinformation about their own bodies.
- by Kate Aubusson
In their own words: Why Perth people aren’t having more babies
Young people are not popping out babies like their parents once routinely did. What’s happened to the desire to be a mum or a dad? We hit the streets to find out.
- by Mark Naglazas
Baby recession grips Perth as births drop to lowest level in two decades
Perth’s birth rate is the lowest it’s been since 2006, and it has not seen such a sharp fall in births since the contraceptive pill was introduced in the 1970s.
- by Sarah Brookes
Sydney’s ‘baby recession’: Where births have plunged most
This map reveals the suburbs with Sydney’s lowest fertility rates.
- by Matt Wade
What’s behind the Ozempic baby boom?
If the buzz is to be believed, women now have access to a medication that can not only help shed weight but can also calm fertility panic.
- by Miranda Levy
Opinion
Pregnancy
‘This is your fault’: The doctor’s words that left me with PTSD
It’s only now – 24 years later – that I am able to discuss it, and I still cry. Birth trauma is still vastly overlooked, but its impacts can last a lifetime.
- by Beth Knights
IVF at a fraction of the cost: Perth clinic disrupts infertility market
The Baruahs know how torturous infertility treatment can be, having spent seven years enduring it. But when they finally held their son, “everything changed.”
- by Claire Ottaviano
Babynomics: Is starting a family good for you, or just for the nation?
Having children can be a joy, but they don’t come cheap. They are also important to the economy.
- by Rachel Clun and Shane Wright
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