The generation of women born in the era of the Chinese Communist Party’s one-child policy are having few,if any,children.
As our children grew,our mum’s group conversation changed,but the bonds of friendship did not.
Health professionals are often getting it wrong when it comes to our children’s weight,providing damaging advice,says obesity expert Dr Nick Fuller.
I don’t want my child to think swearing is acceptable. But it is worse to become someone who says things like “shoot” or “holy smokes”.
No one knows what David Benatar looks like,but his anti-natalist philosophy prompts strong reactions as does his argument that boys and men also are victims of sexism.
Just seven mothers are booked in to donate breast milk used to protect premature babies from deadly infections,with high rates of cold and flu almost wiping out the regular donor base.
John,William,Mary,Elizabeth:There was a simple formula for naming children in the Western world from the 17th to early 19th centuries. Not anymore.
The Baruahs know how torturous infertility treatment can be,having spent seven years enduring it. But when they finally held their son,“everything changed.”
When members of multiple birth clubs learn a local family is joining them in the chaos of having twins,triplets or even more new arrivals,they mobilise.
More than 600 babies are born before their arrival at hospital each year,and a new program pairs midwives with paramedics to better manage care.
The number of babies having tongue-tie releases in Australia has skyrocketed over the past two decades. But debate continues to rage about the merits of the procedure.