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What is gestational diabetes?
Around 5-10 per cent of women are affected by gestational diabetes.
Pregnancy and your blood type
The blood type and Rh factor of a pregnant woman and the father of her baby has all kinds of implications for their unborn child.
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Whooping cough cases plummet since free pregnancy vaccine introduced
The number of babies being diagnosed with whooping cough in Victoria has more than halved since the free vaccine for pregnant women was reinstated last year.
Mum wakeboards while 40 weeks pregnant
Walking, spicy food, acupuncture, sex - they are just a few of the things heavily pregnant women have been known to do to bring on labour. But wakeboarding?
Warning for pregnant women as flu-related deaths triple
A more than three-fold increase in flu-related deaths has sparked a plea for those with the flu to stay away from vulnerable people.
Blokes take a pregnant pause, don't drink if your partner's expecting
Women aren't the only ones who should tak a break from drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
Pregnant women in the dark on iodine and folic acid recommendations
The majority of Australian women aren't taking the recommended dosage of folic acid and iodine supplements during pregnancy, a new study has found.
Caution urged for pregnant women using paracetamol
Pregnant women are being urged to take paracetamol only when necessary after research suggested it was linked to behavioural problems in children.
Pregnancy may not be the best time for overweight mothers to diet
Pregnancy may not be the best time for obese mothers-to-be to shed the kilograms with research finding it is usually "too little, too late" for any meaningful benefit.
I'm battling an eating disorder - and I'm pregnant
Trigger warning: this article and the images within it are related to an eating disorder.
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Young children hit hardest by salmonella outbreak linked to rockmelon
More than 80 people have been struck down by a national salmonella outbreak as health authorities warn pregnant women, infants and the elderly to avoid eating rockmelons.
What so many women get wrong about dentist visits in pregnancy
Women are being urged to pay attention to their dental health during pregnancy after a nationwide survey had worrying results.
‘Slapped cheek’ syndrome: common rash in kids, more sinister in pregnant women
When a pregnant woman is infected, the likelihood that her foetus will be infected is about 50 per cent.
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