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Creative pregnancy announcements
Announcing that you're expecting can be a time to express your creativity, sense of humour and imagination. Check out how other parents and parents-to-be have broken the news to friends and family.
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Funny ultrasound pictures
It's called pareidolia - when the brain makes an image or pattern appear where there isn't really one.
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Pregnant women can relax - the cat 'toilet' is here!
You no longer have to panic about how you and your fur baby will safely co-exist for the nine months of your pregnancy.
![Doctors are advising mums not to consume their placenta.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171127173356im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/1/t/5/l/image.related.landscape.300x200.gz0k9e.png/1508235124052.jpg)
Why placentas should be taken off the new-mum menu
Doctors warn of risks.
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Woman almost dies after unborn baby kicks a hole in her womb
Thankfully, doctors acted quickly.
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Inaccurate, unreliable pregnancy test kits pulled from shop shelves
Batches of do-it-yourself pregnancy test kits have been withdrawn from sale in Australia after they were found to be unreliable and inaccurate.
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Woman spots dead gran’s face in ultrasound
The nurse also saw it.
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This maternity shoot is un-BEE-lievable
This is one brave mum-to-be.
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Language development may start in the womb
Study found babies can recognise foreign languages before birth.
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New twin growth charts may save hundreds of babies' lives
The medical world is celebrating the recent birth of twins, the first in the world to be monitored during pregnancy using new twin pregnancy growth charts. Doctors are saying the charts could save hundreds of babies' lives.
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'How do I keep it in check?': pregnant woman's hairy question
"What do I do about my lady garden," the woman asked.
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'My boss keeps contacting me on maternity leave'
The mum-to-be is not happy
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Don't be so quick to judge Channel Seven's Yummy Mummies
Just two episodes and a couple of days in and, Seven's new reality show, Yummy Mummies, is shaping as one of the TV train-wrecks of 2017.
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