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A new mum angered by people suggesting women who deliver their babies via caesarean section have not "given birth" has challenged that misconception by sharing a photograph of her scar.
A leading obstetrician has warned the ACT's first publicly-funded home birth trial will put women and unborn children at risk.
Injuries resulting from vaginal births are surprisingly common - but you wouldn't know it.
"Culturally, we're obsessed with women suffering as much as possible during childbirth," writes Kasey Edwards.
Babies delivered by C-section were 64 per cent more likely to grow up to be obese than were their brothers and sisters delivered vaginally.
The current practice is to use plastic clamps, but some mums are choosing a homemade alternative.
You did it! Your baby is safely out and in your arms and the relief is overwhelming. Now there's the placenta.
An adorable photo of a little boy and his dad enjoying skin to skin contact with newborn twins is melting hearts everywhere.
Mother was visiting family in New Zealand.
A dangerous illness which struck a young Australian woman visiting New Zealand has resulted in the delivery of her baby at just 25 weeks.
A Wheatbelt mother has been forced to deliver her fourth child on the side of the road last week - highlighting the issue of Northam hospital's lack of planned birthing maternity care.
I asked the therapist who helped my wife whether I might have depression too, but she just about laughed me out of the room.
From the outside it looked like Allison Goldstein was blissfully happy. She had a new baby, a loving husband, and was part of a close knit-family.
Returning to work after having a baby can be daunting, and when you're experiencing postnatal depression or anxiety it can seem even more overwhelming.
The classic image of a newborn baby happily nestled in the proud parents' arms is one we are all familiar with. Many of us are lucky enough to have one on the mantelpiece, but some families miss out on taking this photo.
Your guide to support and resources for postnatal depression, anxiety and other kinds of antenatal and postnatal mental health.
It may sound like an April Fools' joke, but the team behind these nappies really think that urine-activated messages of love will cure postnatal depression.