The peak bodies for obstetricians and sonographers are sounding the alarm over “reassurance” ultrasounds that are leading to misdiagnosis in expectant mothers.
Pregnancy and menopause are close behind puberty as high-risk periods for eating disorders and body image issues in women. So why isn’t more help available?
Does finding a partner need to come before starting a family? An increasing number of Australians,particularly Gen Z and Millennials,don’t think so.
The very thing that once drove me away from the platform soon became the things I craved the most throughout my first trimester.
Sarah thought surviving her high-risk birth was the end of her troubles. Then a flyer stuck to a hospital wall revealed her lifelong burden.
The transition to becoming a mother is a brain-altering experience that experts suggest can dwarf puberty. It’s no wonder women are left reeling.
James Harrison’s legacy is at the heart of a wild story about canny science,boundless goodwill and an errant blood transfusion vanquishing a devastating and deadly disease.
Even low amounts of alcohol exposure to developing babies produces changes to their faces that persist into childhood and were detectable with imaging,research has found.
If breastfeeding isn’t actually a consistent method of postpartum weight loss,why is it so frequently promoted as such by health professionals?
Expectant mothers could have their pregnancy managed by a midwife or GP under a radical proposal to make private maternity care more affordable.