AAP - 29-07-2015

A new study shows the risks associated with the natural vaginal delivery of breech position babies is very low but doctors still encourage caesareans.

AAP - 10-06-2015

A 27-year-old Belgian woman has given birth to a healthy baby boy after overcoming a unique and unprecedented series of fertility obstacles.

AAP - 05-06-2015

There is no evidence that there are any health benefits related to eating the placenta post birth, a review says. Eating one's own placenta

AAP - 01-06-2015

If a woman is ready for a child, she should start trying by the time she is 30, a British fertility specialist says. Women hoping to get pregnant

AAP - 18-05-2015

Elisabeth Bing who popularised the natural childbirth techniques of French doctor Fernand Lamaze has died in New York at the age of 100. A woman who popularised

Karen Keast - 28-04-2015

Midwives for a better tomorrow. That’s the theme of this year’s International Day of the Midwife (IDM), established by the

AAP - 02-04-2015

Checking the blood pressure of pregnant women accurately and regularly is the best way of diagnosing potentially deadly hypertensive disorders, according to research.

AAP - 10-03-2015

A European study has found around a quarter of births in the UK are by C-section, compared to a low of 14.8 per cent in Iceland and 52 per cent in Cyprus.

Karen Keast - 04-12-2014

New research could pave the way for Australian midwives to

AAP - 26-09-2014

News that taking paracetamol during pregnancy increases the risk of children having ADHD is "alarming", says an Auckland University researcher.