Pregnancy Health: Advice, Information & Resources

Pre-eclampsia breakthrough to save lives

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Sara Wiss performs five pull-ups while 41 weeks pregnant.

Mother-to-be performs five chin-ups while 41 weeks pregnant

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Taking fish oil in pregnancy may prevent childhood asthma

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What is gestational diabetes?

Around 5-10 per cent of women are affected by gestational diabetes.

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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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Thrush during pregnancy: the facts

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As much as 50 per cent of women experience pelvic girdle pain.

How to ease pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy

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Always see a doctor if you're concerned about any aspects of your health or wellbeing while pregnant.

Obstetric cholestasis: the facts

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Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP): the facts

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The best pregnancy pillows

A maternity pillow is a must. Here's a roundup of the best of each kind.

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Mum-to-be's belly button 'trick' that's actually an umbilical hernia

There is no doubt the female body does some strange things during pregnancy - just ask this mother.

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A guide to exercising in pregnancy

These days, we're increasingly aware of how exercise in pregnancy can benefit both mum and bub.

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A recent WA Health study found that pregnant women are more likely to binge drink than other women.

There's no excuse for the selfishness of binge-drinking mothers-to-be

Just how selfish have we become as a society? There is always an excuse for the inexcusable and it has to stop.

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Little Riley Hughes, the four-week-old baby who died after contracting the highly contagious whooping cough

Baby Riley's mum says antenatal experts are failing mums on vaccination

Baby Riley's mother who last her infant son to whooping cough is perplexed that her antenatal health care advisers have not yet mentioned vaccination to her as she now enters the seventh month of a new pregnancy.

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A newborn child has died after its mother gave birth in hospital following a car crash.

Number of overweight, expectant mums rising dramatically

The numbers of expectant Australian mothers who are overweight or obese is soaring, placing women and babies at risk.

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Pregnant French women to be paid to stop smoking

French hospitals are offering pregnant women up to $460 to quit smoking after a study showed that one in five fail to kick the habit while expecting.

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Pregnant women needed to join diabetes study

Pregnant woman in country Australia will help Adelaide researchers figure out why cases of type 1 diabetes have doubled over the past two decades.

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Short mums 'more likely to give birth early'

Short women are twice as likely as tall ones to have a baby born premature, says a new study.

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Amniotic fluid embolism and blood clots in pregnancy

Two types of embolism that can occur include amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) and venous thromboembolism (VTE, or clots in the blood).

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Mind the Bump - a mindfulness app for pregnancy and new parenthood, by the creators of Smiling Mind.

Mind the Bump: an app for mindfulness during pregnancy and beyond

Mind the Bump is an app for all parents with tailored meditative support from day one of pregnancy through to 24 months after birth.

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