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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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Krystena Murray with the baby boy she delivered, whom she says she had to relinquish when he was five months old because of an IVF mix-up.

Woman sues fertility clinic, saying she gave birth to another couple’s baby

When IVF patient Krystena Murray gave birth to a healthy baby boy two years ago, she knew immediately the fertility clinic had made a mistake, she says.

  • Russ Bynum
Ivana Crcic and her now two-year-old daughter Romana

Colic treatment containing deadly nightshade under investigation

Parents can access the formula over the internet without a doctor’s visit or prescription.

  • Henrietta Cook and Liam Mannix
Rima and Sean Stoddart with their 10-month-old, Charlotte.

NSW’s top baby names for 2024 revealed

Oliver has been the most popular boys name in NSW for almost a decade, but not anymore.

  • Mary Ward
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
Common, normal baby behaviours like fussiness, crying and reduced sleep have been medicalised and repackaged to parents as problems.

Tried and tested baby names prove most popular in 2024

New parents are sticking with classic names, although a few movers and shakers made the top 10 list last year.

  • Melissa Meehan
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WA’s baby name list has been revealed.

WA’s most popular baby names for 2024 revealed

Oliver and Isla have been the most popular baby names in the state for years but this year is the first since 2018 that the top name was tied.

  • Hamish Hastie
Is white the best colour for a baby?

This beige generation (or is it vanilla?) is throwing out the baby joy

A friend who bought pink clothes for her grandchild was told thanks, but no thanks. Are we becoming too precious about babywear?

  • Claire Heaney
WA Premier Roger Cook and Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson have signed a letter of intent with a joint venture that plans to build Perth’s new women’s and babies’ hospital.

Cook government moves to lock in builders for new women’s and babies’ hospital before March poll

The location for the replacement of the ageing King Edward Memorial Hospital is shaping as a key election battle.

  • Hamish Hastie
Sam Kerr has announced she is expecting her first child with partner Kristie Mewis.

Sam Kerr announces she is to become a mother

The Matildas star took to social media on Monday night to share the news that her partner, Kristie Mewis, is pregnant.

  • Riley Walter

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