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Danielle and Steven Iskander still wonder if the care they received at Northern Hospital had have been different their firstborn child Mia might still be alive.

Baby Mia lived for only eight hours. Her parents still wonder if hospital staff could have saved her

Danielle and Stephen Iskander left Northern Hospital without their first child, who died after unreasonable delays in performing an emergency caesarean.

  • Melissa Cunningham

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I saw two tiny feet – perfect, but far too small. Then I had to tell the mother

A pregnant midwife on night shift confronts her own worst fears during an emergency delivery of an extremely premature baby.

  • Oceane Campbell
Monash IVF has been operating since 1971.

Woman gives birth to stranger’s baby after ‘distressing’ IVF bungle

Monash IVF confirmed a woman gave birth to a stranger’s baby after a mix-up blamed on human error at one of its fertility clinics in Brisbane.

  • Brittany Busch
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, when she was pregnant with her daughter, Lilibet.

‘The world doesn’t know what’s happening quietly’: Meghan reveals medical scare

The Duchess of Sussex says she experienced a pregnancy complication that, without intervention, can have deadly consequences.

  • India McTaggart
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
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
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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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