Pregnancy Health: Advice, Information & Resources

Committing to sleep will make your brain function better, it's that simple.

A doctor explains why your brain needs sleep

Contains:

Would mandatory testing stop pregnant women smoking?

Contains:

How baby Spencer saved his mum's life

Contains:

What is gestational diabetes?

Around 5-10 per cent of women are affected by gestational diabetes.

Contains:

Pregnancy and your blood type

The blood type and Rh factor of a pregnant woman and the father of her baby has all kinds of implications for their unborn child.

Contains:

Thrush during pregnancy: the facts

Contains:

As much as 50 per cent of women experience pelvic girdle pain.

How to ease pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy

Contains:

Always see a doctor if you're concerned about any aspects of your health or wellbeing while pregnant.

Obstetric cholestasis: the facts

Contains:

Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP): the facts

Contains:

Pregnant women should be warned about Cytomegalovirus, new guidelines.

Pregnant women warned about potentially devastating virus that harms babies

For the first time, the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have released official recommendations for the prevention of cytomegalovirus.

Contains:
This article contains a video

The pill has a raft of potential side-effects, so should women consider giving their bodies a break?

Should women consider giving their body breaks from the pill?

Doctors used to recommend a 'pill holiday' if women had been on taking it for more than 10 years. And those women got pregnant.

Contains:

Smoking during pregnancy doubles the risk of sudden unexpected infant death

Smoking during pregnancy doubles risk of sudden unexpected infant death

A new study has shown that the number of cigarettes smoked daily during pregnancy significantly impacts the risk for SUID.

Contains:

Are you at risk of being diagnosed with gestational diabetes? It depends on where you live

Sarah and Donna are 26 weeks pregnant and have the same blood sugar levels. But while Donna is diagnosed with gestational diabetes, Sarah is spared the label. It comes down to where she lives.

Contains:

The fine art of tackling anxiety during pregnancy

Perinatal anxiety is a serious health issue affecting many pregnant women.

Contains:

Long periods of undisturbed sleep during pregnancy linked to stillbirth, study finds

Tossing and turning during pregnancy may be frustrating and exhausting but, according to a new study, it could actually be a way of protecting unborn babies.