If you have a baby, does this mean you can’t be friends with your child-free friends anymore? writes Catherine E Wood In a high-profile article for New Yorker magazine in September, journalist Allison Davis wrote about a “slow-rolling tectonic shift that neither side notices at first...
More than 6,000 women told us what they wanted for their next pregnancy and birth. Here’s what they said report researchers Hazel Keedle, Daniella Susic and Hannah Dahlen Many women want a different kind of pregnancy and birth the next time around. Many want to see the...
Exciting research from Monash University reveals how a mother's diet during early pregnancy can have a remarkable impact on the brain health of her children and even her grandchildren. In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Cell Biology, scientists at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute investigated...
Amber Hamam is sad about not having a second child. I’d never planned on having just one child. In fact, I’d always been looking forward to having lots of kids. While my friends were fantasising about wedding frocks as young girls, my thoughts were preoccupied with...
Boosting Fertility with Diet: The Missing Evidence A recent review led by Monash University highlights the need for more research on preconception diets to enhance the chances of becoming pregnant. While the study shows promising benefits in certain dietary patterns, there is currently no official guidance...
Melissa Morns writes that many women say that they ‘feel guilty for feeling like that.’ The benefits of breastfeeding are widely recognised, and many women find it an enjoyable and bonding experience. Women also often face challenges that can make it difficult to breastfeed, such as...
While wishing to be well informed about the progress of her pregnancy, Karen Collum wonders if hers was a case of too much information. I have an application on my iPhone that gives me daily updates on the growth of my baby. I know that my...
Linda Wyrill is proud of the way in which she handled a hairy moment. My three-year-old daughter cut her own hair. She was playing in her bedroom. Minutes earlier, I’d stuck my head in her room to have a peek. She’d had her dolls lined up and...
Strangers are not the only ones looking for likenesses between Nerissa Marcon and her children. It has suddenly dawned on me that I no longer notice the curious glances strangers give my children and me as we meander around the shopping centre. I guess it has...
Karen Casey used to wander the world… now she revels in routine. For aspects of family life that we are repeatedly told require routine, kids sure are well rehearsed at taking orders and launching them out the window. When you want them to sleep, they don’t....
