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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

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Surgeons are seeing more injuries to women’s reproductive zones due to powerful water jets rupturing their perineum when they fall off the back of the vehicle.

The surge of horrific jet-ski injuries damaging women’s reproductive systems

Surgeons warn that there has been a rise in severe tears caused when passengers fall off the back of a jet-ski, prompting a call for people to wear protective wetsuit pants.

  • Wendy Tuohy
A free pad and tampon vending machine at the State Library of Victoria.

Tampon vending machines convenient but won’t solve period poverty, researchers say

Victoria’s free pad and tampon vending machines are not the best way to get period products to those who need them most, according to the government’s expert advice.

  • Broede Carmody
Medical misogyny has a long history.

From wandering wombs to the missing clitoris: How medical misogyny works

From Ancient Greece right through to modern medicine in Australia today, the treatment of women in science started badly and remains a serious problem.

  • Kate Aubusson and Emily Kaine
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

From hot flushes to night sweats: How to deal with menopause in a heatwave

Extreme heat is uncomfortable for everyone, but particularly for those going through menopause. Here’s how to cope.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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Digital health services and infection control will be boosted by the new funding.

Australia cannot afford to ignore these 1100 – or 13.4 million – women

Tackling medical misogyny is about ensuring the wellbeing of a population Australia cannot afford to lose. 

  • The Herald's View
If the impasse cannot be resolved by Monday, Gosford Hospital’s obstetrics and gynaecology services risk going on bypass.

Hospital stripped of trainee doctors over staff, patient welfare concerns

The Central Coast’s only public obstetric and gynaecology service is about to be severely depleted with the temporary loss of accredited trainee doctors.

  • Kate Aubusson
Queenie Main.

Queenie’s period pain gets so excruciating her legs shake – but her GP dismissed it as normal

Parents of teenagers who experience severe period symptoms, including debilitating pain, are struggling to get the right help.

  • Wendy Tuohy
There is a point in time when conversations seem to keep coming back to the same things.

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

I can’t resist a test, and one I recently had outside my local Baker’s Delight has taken me down a rabbit hole.

  • Kate Halfpenny

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