The final hearing of the New South Wales birth trauma inquiry has heard from two young mothers about their traumatic experiences when giving birth. The inquiry has received more than 4000 submissions detailing the disrespectful – and sometimes dehumanising – ...
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“The MeToo moment for birth”: NSW birth trauma inquiry
“I’m sorry.” These are the words that Naomi Bowden repeated as she tearfully attempted to get through her opening statement to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma in Wollongong. Ms Bowden tearfully spoke about her daughter, Bella, ...
More »TikTok videos criticised by experts for birth control misinformation
An expert panel has said social media myths could contribute to high rates of unplanned pregnancies in Australia and urged for broader education on birth control. "There has been a lot of misinformation around pain and IUD insertion," Professor Deborah ...
More »Experts develop new rapid test for potentially fatal pregnancy complication
Australian researchers have developed a new test to enable the early diagnosis of preeclampsia, a potentially fatal pregnancy condition and one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide. Experts from the University of Technology Sydney created the 15-minute test ...
More »COVID-19 has shone a light on the ‘pandemic of human rights abuses’ that pregnant women face
Pregnant women have faced significant obstacles over the last eight months. On top of the challenges expectant mothers usually experience they have the added stress of a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Add to the mix a consistent stream of inconsistencies nationwide over ...
More »New gestational diabetes trial reduces the need for clinic appointments
Nurses at Fairfield Hospital in Sydney have trialled the use of an app that can help cut the number of clinical appointments needed for pregnant women with gestational diabetes (GDM). Jenny Wright, diabetes clinical nurse consultant at Fairfield Hospital, found that ...
More »Unplanned pregnancy figures highlight areas of need: experts
Researchers are concerned that Australians aren’t making the most of the range of contraception available to them following findings that a quarter of women who have been pregnant in the previous decade said their pregnancy was unplanned. La Trobe University ...
More »GPs encouraged to start pregnancy weight conversation
New guidelines for the care of pregnant women are placing a greater focus on healthy weight and risk associated with obesity. Announced by federal health minister Greg Hunt earlier this month, the latest guidelines recommend that health professionals have more ...
More »Programs to tackle pregnancy & weight
Australians are putting on the kilos and this causes problems for pregnant women. But health workers and patients are working on it. Amie Larter reports The prevalence of obesity around the nation has more than doubled in the past 20 ...
More »New pregnancy line delivers
The new national pregnancy helpline has received three times more calls than the old service. The new national pregnancy helpline has received three times more calls than the old service, which barred counsellors from discussing abortion. The federal government established ...
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