Hospital
Packing your hospital bag
The days of grabbing your keys, mobile and wallet and heading out the door are soon to be over, and it all starts with the birth!
Midwife home birth as safe as hospital, says study
Louise Hall Home birth assisted by a trained midwife is just as safe for low-risk mothers and their babies as a delivery led by a midwife in hospital, a study of more than half a million women has found.
Packing your hospital bag
Essential Baby members The days of grabbing your keys, mobile and wallet and heading out the door are soon to be over, and it all starts with the birth! Here is a comprehensive checklist devised by Essential Baby members...
Choosing a hospital
When it comes to your pregnancy, choosing where you will give birth is one of the biggest decisions you will make.
Public hospital care
Public care offers several options, each of which are free of charge if you are a Medicare cardholder.
Private hospital care
Choosing where you will give birth is a big decision. One of the attractions of private hospital care is the high standard of comfort and quality of food.
Natural births better for babies
Danielle Teutsch and Kate Benson Babies born by caesarean section are more vulnerable to asthma, allergies and infection as they miss out on receiving their mothers' good bacteria during birth, a scientist says.
Homebirth mothers being refused prescriptions
Kate Benson Doctors, fearing they will be sued, are refusing to prescribe drugs or order tests for women who want to give birth at home, and this is forcing mothers to give birth in hospitals or putting lives at...
Your birth choices
The following information is designed to assist you with making choices about the type of care you would like throughout your pregnancy, and how you would like to give birth to your baby.
In nature's hands
Nicole Salinas I was 28 and expecting my second child. All was well with the pregnancy and we were very excited to be adding to our family.
Home birth program that delivers
Kate Benson It took Bailey Mannion only 75 minutes to slip calmly into the world, amid the comforts of his own loungeroom, unaware he was quietly making history.
Designing principles at birth of a new era
Advances in gene technology are creating a host of ethical dilemmas, writes Rachel Browne. Genetic screening of human embryos may eventually eradicate inherited diseases ranging from breast cancer to...
Blood worth banking on, say parents
Jill Stark More people want to be able to store their baby's umbilical cord blood, believing it could one day be a lifesaver. .
Beating the odds - our premature arrival
Nicole Salinas My husband Nathan and I started trying for our first baby in 2001. After 6 months and a lot of questions from me, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Born in an ambulance
Nicole Salinas When I found out I was pregnant for the 3rd time I was over the moon. The emotions I felt with my other pregnancies and births came rushing back! I was sure I was going to go early and have a fast...
Birth rights
John van Tiggelen In many countries, home births are commonplace - and generally regarded as safe. So why in Australia, where such births are rare, is the Government discouraging the practice? John van Tiggelen...
Angry mums against midwife legislation
Kate Dennehy A group of angry mothers and mothers-to-be have gathered in Brisbane to discuss tactics to overturn a Federal Government proposal they say will ban home births with a midwife.
Roxon joins mother of birthing battles
Leslie Cannold The Rudd Government's threatened ban on home births is moving closer to reality.
Baby steps as hospitals deliver a helping hand to home-birth push
John Elder Midwives working away from labour wards are to be covered by insurance under a pilot scheme, writes John Elder.
Push against home births
AAP Proposed laws which would stop mothers accessing registered midwives for home births would jeopardise the health of thousands of women and babies, a peak maternity group says.
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