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The 2015 flu vaccine: what’s new, who should get it and why
For certain members of the community, catching flu can lead to severe illness or death. A vaccination can be lifesaving.
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The certificate helping parents deal with pregnancy loss
For some people, this certificate will offer a sense of validation that their child was acknowledged as being here and now gone, and will help them with life post-loss.
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Dealing with a nappy escape artist
I hear about the tots that have a penchant for ripping their nappies off and the odd one that even smears the brown stuff on the walls and fine home furnishings, and I shudder.
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Hospital apologises for 'traumatising' baby mix-up
St Vincent's Hospital has apologised "unreservedly" for a baby mix-up that left one new mum traumatised.
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Tips for flying with a baby
Travelling with kids requires a whole other set of skills - ones that I have learned through (sometimes unfortunate) trial and error.
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Pregnancy
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Birth
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Free whooping cough vaccine for WA mums
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Toddler
Dealing with a nappy escape artist
MATT CALMAN 7:49am I hear about the tots that have a penchant for ripping their nappies off and the odd one that even smears the brown stuff on the walls and fine home furnishings, and I shudder.
Toddler gets 'drunk' after cranberry juice mix-up
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Lifestyle
I accidentally breastfed another mum's baby
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Hospital apologises for 'traumatising' baby mix-up
![Baby Levi, who slept through the swap.](http://web.archive.org./web/20150326042730im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/03/25/6385410/Thumbnail977675061m7i6timage.related.thumbnail.320x214.1m7hw2.png1427261813555.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Danielle Galvin 1:58pm St Vincent's Hospital has apologised "unreservedly" for a baby mix-up that left one new mum traumatised.
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Wellbeing
The certificate helping parents deal with pregnancy loss
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The phenomenon of phantom pregnancy kicks
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