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'This is what 24 hours postpartum looks like'

A new mother has been praised by women around the world for showing what her body looks like just one day after giving birth.
Wannabe dads turn to Facebook to find surrogate

An Auckland couple have turned to social media to find a surrogate mother to bear their child.
The not so secret life of Constance Hall: How one mum's blog went viral

Imagine going about your everyday business and having someone say you should be hung upside down with your ovaries set on fire.
Do not put detox herb balls in your vagina, says doctor

The Herbal Womb Detox Pearls claim to "detox" wombs from health issues and basically, bad spirits.
18 kids, one on the way: how do they do it?

The Radfords - the largest family in Britain - have just announced their 19th pregnancy.

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7 awesome pregnancy announcements of 2015

Suzi Catchpole 8:49am We laughed and cried right along with them - here are the best pregnancy announcements of this year.

Natural ways to try to choose your baby's sex

Angela Epstein 10:32am When friends began to whisper that they had used "natural" methods to swing the gender balance, I found their words impossible to ignore.

Parenting news from around the web

Woman launches desperate campaign to find adopted son's parents

The couple who were both pregnant at the same time

New pregnancy test syncs with your phone

Pregnancy police: It's my choice to drink caffeine, not a barista's

ALEXANDRA SMITH 9:21am I had been looking forward to a coffee for hours. That was until the barista looked at my 27-week bump over his counter and shook his head.

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The struggle - and joy - of carrying five babies

Heather McNeill A Perth mum is sharing the highs and lows of her quintuplet pregnancy on her blog.

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Giving your baby a double-barrelled surname ... or not

Victoria's top baby names of 2015

Mum gets caesarean moments after giving birth

Staff writers 1:37pm A mother has spoken about her shock at doctors performing an emergency caesarean on her after she had already given birth.

Baby shares birthday with mother and grandmother

Staff writers A US family now has three birthdays to celebrate on the same day in January.

Aussie mum gives birth on New York expressway

Nose spray relieves childbirth pain, study finds

Homeless woman gives birth outside Vatican

Large birth weight forecasts often inaccurate, leading to more caesareans: study

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Nursery rhyme stars teach CPR in fun video

Staff writers A fun new video hopes to help parents and carers remember live-saving CPR skills for babies and toddlers.

5 surprising things I've learnt since having my second child

LINDY ALEXANDER There are things that you can prepare for when you're having a second child, but some things are completely unexpected.

Anti-vaxxers keeping kids' immunisation status a secret

Best baby sleeping and swaddles

Premmie twins hold hands in viral video

Is this the best car seat ever? Infa Secure announces 0-8 years Grandeur Treo seat

The illogical world of toddlers

EVELYN LEWIN 2:43pm Living with someone who lacks logic is both frustrating and endearing.

You can now make your own plush Falkor

Staff writers Fans of The NeverEnding Story – of which there are certainly plenty – went crazy for these plush Falkors when they first went on sale last year.

Managing screen time for kids from toddlerhood

Getting your child (and yourself) ready for childcare

Fit out your child's room with the new Wiggles furniture

Childcare essentials: what to buy when your child starts daycare

Bullfighting with a baby: tradition or travesty?

CATHERINE ARMITAGE 6:44pm There are things you can't do with a baby in public any more, at least without risk of being flamed on social media. We can now add fight a bull to the growing list.

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Contaminated Coles milk products pose no health risk: expert

BRENDAN FOSTER 3:32pm A leading Perth microbiologist says the contaminated milk products pulled off WA supermarket shelves because of a potentially illness-causing bacteria do not pose a health risk to people.

Dad accused of drugging baby out on bail

Lisa Wilkinson reveals miscarriage heartbreak

Kim Kardashian: 'North gets jealous when I breastfeed her brother'

Mobile laundry founders named Young Australians of the Year

Wellbeing

Exhausted, foggy-brained, anxious? The condition more mums need to be aware of

PINKY MCKAY If you are suffering from the proverbial 'mummy brain', are feeling exhausted and hyper-vigilant, anxious or overwhelmed about life, whatever the age of your child, this could be due to postnatal depletion.