Victorian newborns who do not pass their routine hearing screening tests are being invited to join a pilot program screening for the most common viral cause of disability. The study, a collaboration between the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, the University of Melbourne and four maternity hospitals...
Family photos lead Tobi Raj to reflect on her experience of postnatal depression. Which came first – the crying, unhappy baby or the crying, unhappy mum? I still don’t know. My mother claims my depression set in while I was pregnant. We were having a beach holiday,...
Lawyer Claire Gibbs researches how, as a working mother of twins, she found she needed some additional support and flexibility particularly when first returning to the workforce. Feeling equal parts excitement and anxiety, I lay nervously on the uncomfortable examination table just like any woman who...
Anne-Maree Brown's instincts saved her daughter’s life....
Parents are frequently encouraged to prioritise accessing a vaginal birth over a caesarean but here’s why that might not always be the best for mum and baby....
New parents need a network for ‘life after birth’. At a recent TEDx Sydney talk, Annalies Corse, a medical scientist and lecturer in Naturopathy at Australasian College of Natural Therapies (ACNT), said we should bring back the missing ‘village’ with a ‘fourth trimester’ community to help...
When a premmie arrives in your life, the feeling of helplessness can be really overwhelming. It's hard to know how to celebrate this tiny person's arrival, especially if they are super early. So we have put together a little list of things for family and...
Did you know we have a free monthly mini mag? Introducing CHILD's Baby + Pregnancy mini mag!...
Our lovely Facebook community shares what they personally discovered while expecting. So what surprised you most about pregnancy?...
