Playing games with your pelvic floor could be a useful exercise for urinary incontinence, reports Mischa Bongers Many of us have heard of “Kegels” or pelvic floor exercises, and probably have a vague sense we should be doing more of them. For many women, our social...
On 15 October 2022– International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day – a new website from Monash University and Miscarriage Australia was launched. It fills a gap in Australia by providing evidence-based information and research for those affected by miscarriage. In Australia, around 285 miscarriages occur every...
Researchers have discovered that some immunotherapy treatments used to treat cancer can cause fertility damage. It means these treatments could affect the future fertility and hormonal health of female cancer survivors, prompting experts to call for more research and preventative measures, such as freezing eggs. Traditional cancer...
Pregnant women continue to be sacked, demoted and discriminated against in the workplace despite laws designed to protect them, Monash University research shows. A pilot study by the Monash Business School analysed data from calls to the JobWatch helpline and found pregnant women faced a wide range of...
Here are 3 numbers to help you decide, writes researcher Karin Hammarberg Egg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in life. But they need to know it’s...
The development of an online portal for workplaces on health promotion around pregnancy became a real labour of love for all involved who pushed through pandemic related delays. This can also be a major source of worry in the increasingly difficult economic climate faced by young...
GP Phoebe Holdenson Kimura reports on what to expect when coming off the pill and 5 things to do before you do “The pill” (the combined oral contraceptive pill) has been giving Australian women control over their reproductive health since the 1960s and remains the most...
Vicki Englund finds herself on the outer in a community of much younger mothers. It’s funny when you look back on the things about motherhood you hadn’t anticipated. When my husband and I decided to try to have a baby, at rather advanced ages on both...
Researchers Hannah Dahlen, Christine Rubertsson and Malin Edqvist look at 7 ways to reduce perineal tearing during childbirth While most expectant mothers are excited, many are also anxious about giving birth, especially first-time mothers. Perineal trauma is something many expectant mums are fearful about. It is hard...
None of us would be here without our placenta, the remarkable fetal organ that nourished and sustained us before birth. But despite its importance, the placenta is among the least studied organs and we don’t fully understand how it grows and functions, reports Alys Clark...
