Breastfeeding Through Pregnancy

You’ve discovered you’re pregnant again but you’re still breastfeeding your toddler. Does this mean you must wean your child? If you don’t are you putting your unborn child at risk? Will breastfeeding during pregnancy be more demanding on my body? All good questions! The reality is that in a normal healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding through

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Birth Plans

Birth Plans have been around for many years. They originated to assist women to inform their midwife or doctor of their wishes during labour, particularly if they wanted to avoid routine interventions. Birth Plans have evolved since their humble beginnings. Now they may be comprised of many things, including thoughts and expectations of what

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Pregnancy After 35

Generally speaking, you probably don’t have to go very far to find a woman who has given birth to a child after 35 - pregnancy after 35. The age at which women in Australia will have their first baby is increasing as many couples choose to achieve other goals first. Many celebrities have made

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I’ll Never Get Pregnant

Natalie stared down blankly at another negative strip of plastic, urine covered let down. Ten months and still nothing. She hardly expected to see a second line, but that didn’t dampen the hard slap in the face that it was every time she saw such faceless rejection. “I should have had my baby by

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My Birth Story

Ok. Firstly I will start by saying that I was not a maternal woman through my earlier life. I was not the person that ran to a newborn baby begging for a cuddle. I was the person that waited until the baby could hold its head up before I volunteered to hold it. In

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Exercise During Pregnancy Increases Infant Brain Development

Does exercising during pregnancy can really help infant brain development?  The idea that exercising during pregnancy is good for women is not a new one. An abundance of research has shown that women who exercise regularly during pregnancy experience less in the way pregnancy discomfort. They have a shortened active phase of labour, and

2022-10-11T13:18:48+11:00

UnBreaking Birth

Ryan McAllister is a parent, biophysicist and a research professor at Georgetown University. For over 10 years Ryan has studied maternity care. Ryan presents this YouTube video called “Unbreaking Birth” . This video is well worth watching. Ryan presents complex issues in an easy to understand manner. He explores the United States maternity care

2021-12-15T13:55:17+11:00
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