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Packing your hospital bag to have a baby? Then you must add one more item to the list – chewing gum.
Losing weight before falling pregnant may save mums-to-be a world of pain during labour.
Isn't safely bringing a baby into the world enough, without having to worry about the "how"?
Most mums-to-be have only a few people see them in active labour, but not Sarah Cantwell.
My first C-section went smoothly and my experience was perfect. So why was it so different when it came to my second caesarean?
Each to their own, but for me it is Vote 1 epidural. It made it a smooth and enjoyable process ... for me.
A woman has made an emotional plea for the return of her son's placenta amid fears it's been eaten by the thieves who stole it from her freezer.
Birth Without Fear is celebrating vernix – or what they call 'birthday frosting' – by sharing a photo of a baby covered in a thick layer of vernix.
After a 9 hour drug-free labour one couple got the surprise of their lives.
A Melbourne mummy blogger plans to stream her childbirth live on Facebook to show "labour is nothing like the movies".
Having had three babies in three very different ways, I feel reasonably qualified to make this statement.
Mother's Day can be tough when you're suffering from postnatal depression.
The husband of a BBC Antiques Roadshow expert who died after suffering a post-pregnancy panic attack has opened up about his wife's suspected postpartum psychosis.
Singer John Legend is his wife's biggest fan, but he's revealed how he wasn't "emotionally prepared" to deal with her post-natal depression.
"I was shocked and horrified that I'd had this thought. That's not me."
Queensland women at risk of serious perinatal mental health issues will be able to receive care without being separated from their babies at a new unit on the Gold Coast.
Chrissy Teigen is refreshingly honest about parenting, but the model has kept her postnatal depression diagnosis and treatment private until now.