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The lowdown on male midwives
How would you feel about having a male midwife assist your baby's birth? For a growing number of mums, the idea is a reality - and the experts all agree that it's something that should be encouraged.
Water birth: the basics
With proper medical attention, water birth is a legitimate and safe way for women to give birth and can help manage pain in labour.
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Childbirth education program could save $97 million per year
Researchers found the two day antenatal course had the potential to drastically reduce the number of caesarean births, leading to huge healthcare savings.
‘She pulled the baby out herself!’ Mum delivers own baby via c-section
"I guess it's kind of second nature to me to pull babies out."
What to do when baby is born before you get to hospital
Women often express a fear of giving birth en route to the hospital, and these fears have some basis.
Should we start calling C-sections 'belly births'?
This new term is hoping to bring power back to mothers who've given birth that way.
Obesity crisis hits Australia's maternity wards
Researchers find that women's weight is behind significant number of pregnancy complications, including stillbirths.
Why does Australia fear home births?
Australia has the third lowest rate of planned home births among a group of developed nations at 0.4 per cent.
Why giving birth in water is becoming more popular
Kelly Boateng has given birth in water three times. Research shows for low-risk women, water births come with many benefits.
Why we need to stop making childbirth a competition
Things don't always go to plan.
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'What the hell was that? Why doulas are changing births
Sixteen years ago, following three months of birth education, Nadine Richardson and her partner found themselves 36 hours into labour and only two centimetres dilated.
Nevermind a birth plan, it's the post-birth plan that really matters
So many new mums have curve balls thrown at them.
5 reasons to say 'no' to visitors in the first 24 hours after birth
Friends and family will understand.
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