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Breastfeeding is often promoted as a pathway to losing weight for new mothers.

I didn’t lose weight when I was breastfeeding. I gained it

If breastfeeding isn’t actually a consistent method of postpartum weight loss, why is it so frequently promoted as such by health professionals?

  • Jenna Guillaume

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Emma Burridge Mother and acupuncturist. Story on birth centres at Private hospitals. Daughter Delilah assisting with lighting.

Emma ditched her expensive health cover but a new plan could get her back

Expectant mothers could have their pregnancy managed by a midwife or GP under a radical proposal to make private maternity care more affordable.

  • Angus Thomson
As many as one in three new mothers access support services such, according to PANDA.

‘I was haunted by flashbacks’: The harsh reality for one in three new mums

Few joys rival the birth of a baby, but for these women, new motherhood was tinged with struggle

  • Elli Jacobs
Genea, one of Australia’s big-three IVF providers, is investigating a data breach on its network.

‘Urgently investigating’: IVF giant rocked by data breach

Genea, one of Australia’s big-three IVF providers, is investigating a cyberattack that could affect the data of thousands of families and expectant parents.

  • Angus Thomson
A coroner is investigating the death of new mum Sarah Skillington.

Sarah gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Less than two weeks later, she died in a mental health ward

A new mother who died within days of being admitted to a private perinatal hospital for anxiety was left unwatched for hours, in breach of hospital protocol, before she was found dead.

  • Erin Pearson
The bill could mean an additional 885 MS-2 Step prescribers to help women out of the maze of abrortion access in NSW.

NSW nurses and midwives to prescribe abortion drugs under new bill

Under the changes, nurses and midwives would be able to prescribe abortion medications, while doctors with a conscientious objection would be compelled to refer patients to other services.

  • Kate Aubusson
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Women’s birth plans have become increasingly elaborate in recent years.

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

When I went into labour, I wasn’t cracking jokes in the delivery suite. But now, I recognise absurd mirth in the day, and in the expectations I held for how it would go.

  • Wendy Syfret
Anja and Ryan Adams were racing down the Princes Highway when they had to pull over. Their son Soli couldn't wait any longer.
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The triple zero call that captured a miraculous one in 80,000 birth

Anja and Ryan Adams were racing down the Princes Highway when they had to pull over. Their son Soli couldn't wait any longer.

The Triple Zero call from Soli Adams’ birth on the side of the Princes Highway in 2021.

Anja gave birth on the side of the road. Listen to the triple-zero call

Maternity hospital closures are forcing labouring women to travel hundreds of kilometres across “maternity deserts” to give birth.

  • Kate Aubusson
Mother and child doing well: Bethany Williams with her daughter.

Instagram almost shamed me into refusing pain relief in childbirth

Social media algorithms told me that I had to give birth at home, without drugs. But my baby didn’t care about the influencers’ rules around childbirth.

  • Bethany Williams

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