Conception

IVA part of the great fertility revolution

Victoria Lambert The experimental treatments that today’s fertility scientists keep coming up with are astonishing - such as IVA, a new treatment for women who experience premature menopause.

Pregnancy

Tracking baby's moves may reduce stillbirths

Julie Power A mobile phone app has been found to help mothers to be more aware of their unborn babies' movements, helping reduce cases of stillbirth.

Chevron withdraws 'discriminatory' recruitment form

Chevron

Leanne Nicholson A Chevron recruitment form widely criticised for asking potential employees how many still births or abortions they have has been withdrawn by the resources giant.

Women still in the dark on drinking while pregnant

Chevron job form asks how many 'stillbirths' an applicant has had

Women prescribed psychiatric drugs left at risk of birth defects

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR): the facts

Birth

Do modern dads cut the cord?

Libby Hakim With the increasing role many dads play in the care of babies and children, has the symbolic act of cutting the umbilical cord become redundant? Or are fathers still keen to carry on the tradition?

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Free-birthing on the rise

labour home

Jo Hartley It’s a controversial practice that has been branded both dangerous and irresponsible, but there's a growing trend among Australian women who are choosing to birth at home, free from any medical intervention or assistance.

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Midwife on the run

How different cultures celebrate birth

Birth failure is more than a mindset

The push present trend

Baby

Doctors fight anti-vaccine push in battle for Australia's babies

Lucy Marks Health experts say there's no room for debate on the value of immunisation, despite protestations from the AVN.

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Study: winter babies behave better than summer kids

summer baby

COSIMA MARRINER Summer babies are more likely to struggle with sharing, concentrating, making friends and helping than those born during winter, new research suggests.

Can probiotics combat colic?

Those moments of clarity

Baby found dead in car outside daycare

Cots for every nursery and budget

Bargain buys for baby

Toddler

Man arrested after making Madeleine McCann boast

NICK MILLER British police have reportedly arrested a man after he boasted of having recently seen Madeleine McCann.

Being Dad

Do men with smaller 'nads make better dads?

Luke Malone A study has found a connection between testicle size and parenting ability. Yes, really.

Dads in the delivery room

Father with newborn

Thea O'Connor Most Australian men are present and active at the birth of their children. But amid talk of trauma, not everyone believes this is a good thing ...

Comments

Dad in profile: Pat Cash

Michael Bublé: 'I didn't have that feeling of love for my son'

Dad's double dose of joy and frailty in neonatal world

Dad in profile: Peter Overton

Lifestyle

Why I'll never say 'when I win lotto ...'

Cecilia Robinson As my son grows up I want him to feel empowered, as if anything is possible - not that he needs to sit around waiting for "when he wins Lotto".