New motherhood is often portrayed as a time of joy but it can also be filled with fears and complicated feelings. Here’s how you can get help and support.
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Midwives get blamed but contradictions in policy sometimes tie their hands.
How you tell the story of a momentous event can help you make sense of what happened. Research finds new moms’ and dads’ narratives around childbirth held clues about their transition to parenthood.
Cutting down on alcohol consumption before pregnancy can benefit the health of both men, women and their baby.
UK surrogacy law reform: what you need to know about the proposed changes and how they could affect you.
Offering free pregnancy tests, sonograms and counseling, the pregnancy help movement maintains more than 2,700 resource centers throughout the United States.
Can you use a test intended for adults or older children? How do you test a wriggling or grumpy small child anyway? We’re infection control and child health researchers. Here are our tips.
The sleep of young children varies a great deal. The myth of sleeping through the night at a specific age creates unrealistic expectations that can harm parents’ confidence.
WHO has said that countries must act to stop donations of infant formula in emergencies.
Pregnancy can be stressful at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic.
A fetus needs oxygen long before its lungs work and it’s exposed to the air. Some ingenious biochemistry explains how the mother’s blood delivers it.
New research shows that babies around the world love baby talk — and when adults baby talk to them it is good for their language development.
Society shapes people’s preferences and emphasises the value of having genetically related children.
At the time of writing, there have not been many published papers regarding breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most research is still ongoing.
You don’t have to be labelled with a mental illness to seek help.
Since an infant was found in a recycling bin last fall in Saskatoon, advocates have renewed their campaign for baby hatches, places mothers can leave newborns safely and anonymously.
We found that women who had sex at least weekly or monthly were less likely to enter into early menopause compared to women who engaged in sexual activity less often.
Childbirth used to be a terrifying ordeal. But women were surrounded by others – mothers, aunts, sisters – who brought love and experience. But midway through the 19th century, this changed.
Ancient farmers ensured their children were fed and entertained in a similar way to modern parents.
When there is no “village” to help raise a child, parents often turn to baby books for guidance — but they don’t always hold the best advice.
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Research officer, Department of Health Economics, Wellbeing and Society, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Neonatal Staff Specialist, NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor and Deputy Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard University
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
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The Erdi Foundation Child Health Equity (COVID-19) Scholar, Centre for Community Child Health | Honorary, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne | Team Leader / Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Associate Professor in Work-Family-Health Research, Australian National University
