Babies
‘No large negative effects from drinking coffee while pregnant’: research
A major genetic analysis of thousands of women has found caffeine does not raise the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth in any dose.
- by Stuart Layt
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‘I’m trying to keep my @*#% together’: Being a surrogate mum in Ukraine
Commercial surrogacy was a booming industry for Ukraine. Then Russia invaded.
- by Susan Dominus
Digital offspring will replace human babies, says AI expert
Catriona Campbell, one of the UK’s leading authorities in artificial intelligence, calls them the Tamagotchi Generation, after the digital pet toy released in 1996.
- by Tom Ough and Maighna Nanu
Opinion
Motherhood
The cost of living: Can I afford to have a baby?
No one warned me my desire to have a child would be tied to how much I had in my savings account.
- by Mary Madigan
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘That’s when I felt searing pain, not this’: Kristina Keneally’s perspective on her electoral loss
Former Senator Kristina Keneally knows there are far worse things in life than losing an election.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Good Weekend
‘Oh, my god! What’s that?’: My life as a midwife in South Sudan
Anna Kent swapped a comfortable life in England to work in Central Africa. Here, she tells of the day a teenager’s dramatic labour changed her life.
- by Anna Kent
What’s in a (top 100) name? What NSW parents are calling newborns
New additions to the top 100 include Quinn, Valentina, Pippa, Roman, River and Zayn, but parents keep coming back to one name. Search our database and find where your child’s name ranks.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Half of women who want to use a birth centre will have their hopes dashed
The number of women wanting to give birth in a natural birth centre more than doubled in the five years to 2020, but an increasing proportion were sent back to hospital delivery wards.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
COVID-19 jabs for babies and toddlers under $1b vaccine extension
The extension of the medical insurance scheme suggests the government is considering lowering the age of eligibility once international trials are completed.
- by Dana Daniel
Perth baby born at an unlikely 2.22pm and 22 seconds on February 22, 2022
The odds of such a birth down to the second are about one in 30 million.
Major hospital reveals WA’s top baby names of 2021
St John of God Health Care revealed the most popular names given to baby boys and girls born at its hospitals in 2021.
- by Holly Thompson