Essential Baby: Parenting Information For Mothers, Fathers, Parents & Parents to be

Taking a look at birth centre care

Deciding where to have your first baby is a personal, and often confusing, decision.
Teen woke from coma to learn she was pregnant

A teenage girl who was found lying unconscious and critically injured beside a road has told how she woke from a coma in hospital only to be told she was pregnant.
5 ways to keep toddlers and preschoolers busy

If you have both a toddler and a preschooler, we have some fun ideas to keep them both busy.
Dads-to-be celebrating with 'dadchelor' parties

Long the domain of women, the single-sex baby shower is increasingly being embraced by men.
Eating peanut products early could prevent allergy, study shows

Turning what was once conventional wisdom on its head, a new study suggests that many peanut allergies can be prevented by feeding young children food containing peanuts beginning in infancy.

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Unlikely careers of past child stars

The benefits of pre-conception genetic testing

Nicky Phillips and Amy Corderoy 7:35am A new Australian company is offering pre-conception genetic testing for 145 diseases so couples can learn if they are unwitting carriers of disorders which may be passed on to their future babies.

The new way to meet your baby's other parent

Jo Hartley A rise in co-parenting and donor websites are giving wannabe parents an alternative way to meet their future child's mum or dad.

Have a baby or your money back - but there's a catch

Polycystic ovary syndrome: symptoms, treatment and your fertility

'Rarest of rare cases': intersex woman has twins

The test you should have in pregnancy - or even before conceiving

Pregnancy

Names from the Victorian and Edwardian eras are cool again.

40 old-fashioned baby names coming into vogue again

From Alma to Vera, Augustine to Walter, here are 40 old names that are becoming popular once more.

Finding baby name inspiration in unusual places

Melanie Mahoney Sometimes the greatest baby name ideas come from the most unexpected places, as these EB members show.

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The middle name game

Indigenous midwives break down the barriers

Hands off: the etiquette of touching a pregnant belly

8 top baby name trends for 2015

Birth

Taking a look at birth centre care

Belinda Peters Deciding where to have your first baby is a personal, and often confusing, decision.

The case for inducing at 37 weeks

CATHERINE RODIE While we often think of pregnancy as a 40 week affair, experts agree that 37 weeks is actually “full term". So is there an argument for inducing all births at 37 weeks?

A rare glimpse inside the womb

What's the best position for giving birth?

Mum tries doing 'Thriller' dance to bring on labour

It's time to stop the home birth stigma

Photo Galleries

Baby

Hilarious baby with movie villain's laugh

LETITIA ROWLANDS 1:02pm Hearing your baby laugh for the first time is one of the great joys of early parenthood.

Busting the booby traps of low milk supply

PINKY MCKAY If you’re having a hard time, you don’t need to ditch your nursing bra just yet.

Warning over lavender after baby develops breasts

Eating peanut products early could prevent allergy, study shows

9 things not to say to a sleep-deprived parent

Easy milk heating and thawing with the Nutto Mama's Milk Warmer

Toddler

Threadworm infection is common but carriers may not have any symptoms.

The low-down on worms and how to get rid of them

Vincent Ho 12:12pm Threadworm is the most common intestinal worm in Australia. But don't worry: they're relatively harmless and easily treated.

Why your kids don't need a bath every night

Lauren Knight 10:54am Is a daily bath really necessary for little kids? How clean is too clean?

Parents get tattoos to match toddler's birthmark

Young siblings get stuck in skill tester

5 ways to keep toddlers and preschoolers busy

How parents can learn to say yes

Lifestyle

Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey in October 2014.

'Glee' star pregnant with first child

Glee star Naya Rivera and her actor husband Ryan Dorsey are preparing to become first-time parents.

Teen woke from coma to learn she was pregnant

MEGAN LEVY A teenage girl who was found lying unconscious and critically injured beside a road has told how she woke from a coma in hospital only to be told she was pregnant.

Dads-to-be celebrating with 'dadchelor' parties

Dads give cheers for 'Cool Baby'

Mum wants to become pregnant with dead daughter's baby

'I thought it was impossible': Emily Symons pregnant at 45

Wellbeing

Seth and Jessica Beckman with their daughter Portia.

Shallow water blackout kills fit, healthy dad

LETITIA ROWLANDS A little girl will grow up without her father after the fit and healthy 34-year-old passed away while doing something he had practised his whole life.