Conception

Our IVF journey: Taking care of each other

I'm sticking up for the boys here a little bit here, but throughout our IVF experiences we can sometimes overlook our partner's feelings. And that's not fair.

Pregnancy

Premature labour and birth: the facts

Staff writers When a woman begins having real contractions where the cervix dilates, prior to 37 weeks gestation. Learn more about the risk factors, signs and treatment of premature labour and birth.

Birth

The truth about life with a newborn

Kiran Chug "Life with a newborn was, ultimately, the most magically rewarding and satisfying period of my life. It was filled with joy, love and wonder. But, here's the truth about some of the of the other bits."

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Baby death sparks investigations

Emma Green and her partner Eldean Blake.

BRIDIE JABOUR The family of a woman whose baby has died in her womb have paid $7200 for her to have the still birth privately after a central Queensland hospital turned her away multiple times.

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Meet the 'mummy messiah'

Stand and deliver - upright births best for mum and bub

The amazing story of twins born 87 days apart

The amazing story of twins born 87 days apart

Baby

Bed-sharing increases SIDS rate five-fold

Sharing a bed with an infant carries a five-fold increase in the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a new study reveals.

Coalition refused to allow MP to return home to sick daughter

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Jonathan Swan Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been campaigning to improve his image among women, so why was a mother's request denied?

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Immunisation, fever and pain relief

Twins home in time for special day

'I love sluts' baby clothing

Into the mouths of babes

Bargain buys for baby

Toddler

My daughter's at daycare - and I'm at a loss

KASEY EDWARDS It wasn't my daughter who had trouble adjusting to childcare. It was me.

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In praise of daycare staff

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Kiran Chug The drawn-out goodbyes, the bloodshot eyes when you return, their refusal to eat or sleep, the unstoppable tears, Kiran Chug has daycare on her mind.

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Vanishing act

Don't tell your toddler to share

Stuttering: the facts

When terrible twos become threenagers

Being Dad

Hate the toaster? It’s time for an affair

Staff Writers The founder of an infidelity website has warned that mothers who went unappreciated yesterday may seek an extramarital affair.

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New dads are sexy and they know it

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MELANIE MAHONEY While most women wouldn’t associate being a new parent with feeling more attractive, it seems men see it differently: they think they’re better looking than before they were dads.

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Stop calling dads incompetent

The rise of the blogging dads

On The Way: Caution: construction zone

Life in an accidental nudist colony

Lifestyle

Air travel

Jeremy Clarkson says 'Babies belong in the hold'

Jolyon Attwooll TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has prompted a strong reaction after suggesting that children should be stashed in the luggage hold during flights.

New arrival: baby white rhino born at Western Plains Zoo

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MELISSA DAVEY After a 14-month gestation period marred by illness, a White Rhinoceros at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Mopani, has given birth to a male calf.

Five tips for better photos

NSW: The ultimate pregnant pause

Mum in profile: Cathy Freeman

What non-parents 'unlike' about parents