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2015: the year of the sheep

According to the Chinese zodiac, babies born in the year of the sheep are creative and enjoy spending quiet time with their own thoughts.
Why your kids don't need a bath every night

Is a daily bath really necessary for little kids? How clean is too clean?
Busting the booby traps of low milk supply

If you’re having a hard time, you don’t need to ditch your nursing bra just yet.
The benefits of pre-conception genetic testing

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.
Parents get tattoos to match toddler's birthmark

When Honey-Rae Phiillips was born with a strawberry birthmark covering much of her left side, the little girl's parents worried she would grow up feeling different and alone.

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The benefits of pre-conception genetic testing

Nicky Phillips and Amy Corderoy 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

Twins saved by surgery before birth

AMANDA DUNN 10:25am Just 15 weeks into her first pregnancy and carrying twins, Jo and her husband Troy were given a terrible choice: terminate the pregnancy, or have surgery on the twins in utero in an attempt to save their lives.

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

The middle name game

Indigenous midwives break down the barriers

Hands off: the etiquette of touching a pregnant belly

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

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Mum tries doing 'Thriller' dance to bring on labour

It's time to stop the home birth stigma

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Babies born in the year of the sheep are said to be calm and good natured.

2015: the year of the sheep

Jo Hartley 3:25pm According to the Chinese zodiac, babies born in the year of the sheep are creative and enjoy spending quiet time with their own thoughts.