I found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks, we were so excited to be having our second baby a brother or sister for our little boy - Isabella's story. My whole pregnancy I thought something was wrong. Maybe I was just paranoid because just months before, at 8 weeks I had a miscarriage
In Australia today circumcision of baby boys is rare. The uncut penis is the normal thing among young people. But, many parents are still anxious about the subject. Because Australia has a past history of widespread circumcision. They may be unfamiliar with the normal penis and worried that they will not know how to
From The No-Cry Sleep Solution (McGraw-Hill) by Elizabeth Pantley A good way to encourage good sleep is to get familiar with your baby’s sleepy signals, and put her down to sleep as soon as she seems tired. A baby cannot put herself to sleep, nor can she understand her own sleepy signs. A baby
MEDIA RELEASE 23rd March 2010 Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond has launched a new website. Private midwifery services and childbirth education are now available via one easy-to-use information service. The new website uses a clean and easy navigational system to provide users with easy access to contact details of health care professionals, parental forums and
A five-month-old baby is lying in his mother’s arms. He is close to sleep, then wakes and begins to grizzle. His mother tells him that he should stop being a naughty boy and that she will be cross with him if he doesn’t sleep. An 18 month-old child is taken to a restaurant with
 Although many baby sleep trainers claim there is no evidence of harm from practices such as controlled crying. It is worth noting that there is a vast difference between ‘no evidence of harm’ and ‘evidence of no harm’. A policy statement on controlled crying issued by the Australian Association of Infant Mental Health
On the 18th of February people from many different backgrounds gathered in 15 locations across Australia. They joined together to register their protest at the Rudd Government’s policies. They did this because these policies threaten to restrict options for women giving birth. Indeed, women should have the right to be able to have a
Hi, I am a 22-year-old Australian and this is my story, Birth of Seth. I was 16 years old when I first found out I was pregnant, I was very happy but scared as well, I guess the hardest part was to tell our parents & at that time I was living with my
I was five days overdue and I'd been having what I thought were mild contractions on and off all day. By 4:30pm they were about 15 to 20 minutes apart. I rang the labour ward at the hospital and was told to stay at home until the contractions were four to five minutes apart. When
Molly-Rose was born on the 5th February 2003 at 25 weeks (3 months early), she is our true little miracle. Little did we know when we made the big decision to start a family what lay ahead. We started IVF in August 2002, keeping a very positive and open mind as we knew it
