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Rohene Chatterjee says she received a false diagnosis from a reassurance scan clinic after having a miscarriage.

Boom in private ultrasound industry putting mothers and babies at risk

The peak bodies for obstetricians and sonographers are sounding the alarm over “reassurance” ultrasounds that are leading to misdiagnosis in expectant mothers.

  • Henrietta Cook

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Courtney Rattle has spent her life battling anorexia, she is now a mother to a nine-month-old daughter, Anya.

‘Absolutely brutal’: The hidden group at risk of eating disorders

Pregnancy and menopause are close behind puberty as high-risk periods for eating disorders and body image issues in women. So why isn’t more help available?

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Alisha Burns decided to have a baby on her own when she turned 38. Many other single women are considering the same thing.

The day her father died, Alisha decided to have a baby on her own. It was a ‘lightbulb moment’

Does finding a partner need to come before starting a family? An increasing number of Australians, particularly Gen Z and Millennials, don’t think so.

  • Nell Geraets
How did a retracted Egyptian study end up in Australian clinical guidelines?

Of all social media platforms, I hated Facebook the most. Then I fell pregnant

The very thing that once drove me away from the platform soon became the things I craved the most throughout my first trimester.

  • Melissa Mason
Sarah Gulyamova with her daughter Mahler, 5, and Ivar, 3.

The women who face a higher risk of early death but don’t know it

Sarah thought surviving her high-risk birth was the end of her troubles. Then a flyer stuck to a hospital wall revealed her lifelong burden.

  • Emily Kaine and Kate Aubusson
Matrescence: a time of transformation.

Lucy expected many things to change when she had her baby. Her brain wasn’t one of them

The transition to becoming a mother is a brain-altering experience that experts suggest can dwarf puberty. It’s no wonder women are left reeling.

  • Sarah Berry
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James Harrison

The man who saved 2.4 million babies, and the lab replicating his remarkable blood

James Harrison’s legacy is at the heart of a wild story about canny science, boundless goodwill and an errant blood transfusion vanquishing a devastating and deadly disease.

  • Kate Aubusson
Jessica Birch

‘My mum consumed alcohol before she knew she was pregnant – the damage was done’

Even low amounts of alcohol exposure to developing babies produces changes to their faces that persist into childhood and were detectable with imaging, research has found.

  • Wendy Tuohy
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
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

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