Expectant mums’ reality unexpected
MUMS-to-be expect to enjoy a glowing pregnancy but the reality is fatigue, information overload and a sagging sex life. How was it for you, mums?
Pregnancy
Why we need a breast milk bank
A NATIONAL breast-milk bank, which SA mums could access, should be set up and operated by a body such as the Red Cross, says a leading paediatrician.
Pregnant teens key smoking risk
PREGNANT women and indigenous Australians are being targeted in a new anti-smoking campaign.
Breakthrough – scientists grow sperm
JAPANESE scientists have successfully grown mice sperm and it’s only a matter of time before they can cultivate the human variety.
Aussies head overseas for surrogates
CHILDLESS Aussie couples are resorting to drastic money-generating tactics to pay for overseas surrogates.
Parenthood worth wait for older mums
MORE Australians are waiting until they are older to become parents, with mothers aged 45 and up one of the fastest growing groups.
Birth intervention study shocks docs
AN Australian study linking the surge in caesarians and inductions to private hospital care has sparked fiery debate in the medical sector.
Spelling nearly died during pregnancy
REALITY star reveals she was suffering massive internal bleeding and doctors were close to terminating her pregnancy to save her.
Breast milk experts seek right formula
MOTHERS may see stronger official warnings on baby formula labels about the risks of not breastfeeding.
Danish sperm donor passes disorder on
A DANISH sperm donor has passed a potentially severe genetic disorder to five children after a screening test failed to catch that he had the disease.
Finding your breast friends on Facebook
DESPERATE Adelaide mothers unable to breastfeed are using Facebook to find milk donors, as South Australia remains the only mainland state without a milk bank.
First mum-to-daughter uterine transplants
TWO Swedish women have received new uteruses from their mums in the first mother-to-daughter uterine transplants aimed at helping them have children.
Three-parent babies test tube life-saver
THE UK government may legalise ‘three parent babies’ – IVF children created from a mix of three people’s DNA.
IVF seeks donors from different races
THERE is a growing need for IVF donors from different racial backgrounds, according to an IVF clinic in Tasmania.
Can you induce your own labour?
MUMS-to-be share their tips for bringing on labour. But we need to warn you – what you’re about to read is not for the faint-hearted!
Are you emotionally infertile?
IS not being able to have babies because you haven’t met Mr Right as bad as being medically infertile? According to this survey, yes.
Down’s test lowers miscarriage risk
DOCTORS have developed a blood test for pregnant women that can detect 99 per cent of Down Syndrome babies without risking a miscarriage.
More stillbirths among Asian women
WOMEN who give birth in Australia but were born in countries like India have almost double the rate of stillbirths compared to locally-born women.
Men’s biological clock ticking
WE always think of women when referring to the “biological clock,” but it looks like men have a one too.
Surrogacy now a real option
WHEN Alisa Latto discovered a pregnancy could prove fatal, she looked to surrogacy to fulfil her dreams of motherhood.
Overdiagnosis may put mums at risk
PREGNANT women may be at risk of unnecessary medical interventions with predictions up to one in five could be diagnosed with gestational diabetes under proposed new guidelines.
Cutting down on C-sections possible
AUSTRALIA’S caesarean birth rate is double that recommended by the World Health Organization, but we have the power to change it.
“We delivered our own babies”
THESE mothers delivered their precious bundles in the car or on the side of the road – with no medical assistance.
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