pregnancy

“It’s a cost-cutting exercise that will significantly affect women in early motherhood and I’m a prime example.”

Forty per cent of all pregnancies in Australia are unintended, a new study from US health company Organon has found. 

Australian females prone to miscarriage will now have access to a hormone therapy that can minimise the risk of losing a pregnancy.

Rates of depression and anxiety spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic among expectant mothers, a new report has found.

At 5 weeks pregnant, I made the decision to get my second vaccination against COVID-19 having received a first shot of AZ 12 weeks prior.

A report into Mothers and Babies show that interventions in birth in Australia are rising sharply, but despite this, babies are dying at a similar rate.

Pregnancy among registrars and surgeons should not be seen as a career breaking move, writes Dr Jasmina Kevric.

There has been a record number of babies born in NSW in the second quarter of 2021, with a 9 percent surge on last year’s figures and 19,113 babies born between April and June.

Health authorities now recommend that women at any stage of pregnancy are routinely offered the Pfizer vaccine to protect against COVID-19.

Induction of labour can be life-saving in some situations. But women are increasingly induced for non-medical reasons, and earlier in their pregnancies.

A new study published last week from Oxford University has found higher COVID-19 risks for pregnant women and their newborns

There is no way I could have survived pregnancy and the early years of parenthood without yoga, writes Rachael Coopes.