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More than 50 babies infected with dangerous parechovirus
An outbreak of the rare and potentially fatal parechovirus in Queensland has left 55 newborns sick.
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Back away from the boobs: a request for personal space
My eldest child is 12. I recently calculated that at least 24 people have touched my breasts since I was pregnant with him.
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This toddler was shunned for being a witch
One of the photos shows a blonde aid worker on a Nigerian dirt road, giving water to a sickly, abandoned toddler.
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It's Dad vs Mum in challenge to get toddler and triplet babies dressed
When there are four children aged two and under in your household, it is important for mum and dad to act as a team.
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The Aussie mums hiring postnatal 'confinement' nannies
Busy Melbourne entrepreneur Sarah Hamilton will become a mum to three children under three this month. To cope with this daunting prospect she has taken the unorthodox step of hiring a confinement nanny.
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Pregnancy
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Pregnant women who smoke may harm their babies' brain development if they turn to e-cigarettes to satisfy their nicotine craving, scientists have warned.
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More than 50 babies infected with dangerous parechovirus
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Staff writers An outbreak of the rare and potentially fatal parechovirus in Queensland has left 55 newborns sick.
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Back away from the boobs: a request for personal space
KYLIE ORR 11:49am My eldest child is 12. I recently calculated that at least 24 people have touched my breasts since I was pregnant with him.
'I watched my wife turn into a stranger': a family's experience of postpartum psychosis
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As told to Polly Dunbar We both worry she may have another episode, but we try not to let the possibility colour our time together.