The cost of living:Can I afford to have a baby?
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Motherhood

The cost of living:Can I afford to have a baby?

No one warned me my desire to have a child would be tied to how much I had in my savings account.

  • byMary Madigan

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‘That’s when I felt searing pain,not this’:Kristina Keneally’s perspective on her electoral loss

‘That’s when I felt searing pain,not this’:Kristina Keneally’s perspective on her electoral loss

Former Senator Kristina Keneally knows there are far worse things in life than losing an election.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘Oh,my god! What’s that?’:My life as a midwife in South Sudan
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‘Oh,my god! What’s that?’:My life as a midwife in South Sudan

Anna Kent swapped a comfortable life in England to work in Central Africa. Here,she tells of the day a teenager’s dramatic labour changed her life.

  • byAnna Kent
What’s in a (top 100) name? What NSW parents are calling newborns

What’s in a (top 100) name? What NSW parents are calling newborns

New additions to the top 100 include Quinn,Valentina,Pippa,Roman,River and Zayn,but parents keep coming back to one name. Search our database and find where your child’s name ranks.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Half of women who want to use a birth centre will have their hopes dashed

Half of women who want to use a birth centre will have their hopes dashed

The number of women wanting to give birth in a natural birth centre more than doubled in the five years to 2020,but an increasing proportion were sent back to hospital delivery wards.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
COVID-19 jabs for babies and toddlers under $1b vaccine extension

COVID-19 jabs for babies and toddlers under $1b vaccine extension

The extension of the medical insurance scheme suggests the government is considering lowering the age of eligibility once international trials are completed.

  • byDana Daniel
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Perth baby born at an unlikely 2.22pm and 22 seconds on February 22,2022

Perth baby born at an unlikely 2.22pm and 22 seconds on February 22,2022

The odds of such a birth down to the second are about one in 30 million.

Major hospital reveals WA’s top baby names of 2021

Major hospital reveals WA’s top baby names of 2021

St John of God Health Care revealed the most popular names given to baby boys and girls born at its hospitals in 2021.

  • byHolly Thompson
After her daughter’s autopsy,Melissa could finally stop blaming herself

After her daughter’s autopsy,Melissa could finally stop blaming herself

Autopsies after stillbirth are well below recommended levels. Only undertaken at the request of the family,the process can provide valuable information for future pregnancies.

  • byMary Ward
Sixty-second lifesaver:Delaying umbilical cord clamping protects premature babies

Sixty-second lifesaver:Delaying umbilical cord clamping protects premature babies

Waiting one minute to clamp the umbilical cords of preterm babies significantly reduces the risk of death and disability in the first two years of life,a major study has found.

  • byLucy Carroll
How surrogacy allowed a single man to keep hold of his fatherhood dream
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How surrogacy allowed a single man to keep hold of his fatherhood dream

When Shaun Resnik found himself single at 40,with a lot of love to give and deep yearning for a child of his own,he had an epiphany.

  • byMelissa Cunningham