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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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'It's harmful': Should we drop the term 'normal birth'?
New mother Natasha Lobban says the term "normal birth" needs to go.
Skill shortage may force women with breech babies into caesareans
Victoria's only specialist breech clinic has closed.
A reality check for midwifery
Educator Jessica Williams is investigating virtual reality's potential in midwifery training.
'Natural caesareans' give control back to mums, experts say
Efforts to make the caesarean deliveries as close to a vaginal birth as possible is giving control back to mothers.
Chewing gum could help with caesarean section recovery
Packing your hospital bag to have a baby? Then you must add one more item to the list – chewing gum.
Link found between obesity and failed epidurals
Losing weight before falling pregnant may save mums-to-be a world of pain during labour.
'I fear I'll be judged if I have a caesarean'
Isn't safely bringing a baby into the world enough, without having to worry about the "how"?
'I wanted to show a good birth experience': blogger live streams labour on Facebook
Most mums-to-be have only a few people see them in active labour, but not Sarah Cantwell.
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The big difference between my first and second caesareans
My first C-section went smoothly and my experience was perfect. So why was it so different when it came to my second caesarean?
How an epidural helped relieve this dad's labour pain
Each to their own, but for me it is Vote 1 epidural. It made it a smooth and enjoyable process ... for me.
Dangerous bleeding after childbirth could be treated with a $1 injection
A third of new mothers who suffer from deadly haemorrhage could be saved by a simple, low-cost treatment, a UK-led international study has found.
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