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Featured Blogs

• An Indefensible Act

  Posted by Johanna Baker-Dowdell

  The case where a woman left her 18-month-old son locked in a car in the middle of “Christmas havoc”, apparently having forgotten he was there, horrified me. I have thought about this incident for more than a month now. He was sweating and screaming when a member of the...

• Statistics-truth or dare Dr Pesce?

  Posted by Michelle Meares

  Home birth families around the country have been fascinated to read the new study published in the Australian Medical Journal this week which in fact supports their belief that homebirth is safe for mothers and babies. The new study assessed the outcomes of almost 300,000...

Useful Articles

• The Great Nappy Debate

  Posted by Johanna Baker-Dowdell

  In a time when we are debating our impact on the environment and carbon footprints I think the question of whether cloth or disposable nappies are better is very relevant We used both types of nappies for our sons cloth when we are at home and disposables at night and...

• The Women's Right Issue of 2009

  Posted by Jennifer Brown

  Last Monday I packed up everything I needed for my two small children and the three of us caught the train to Sydney But this wasn t a social visit where we went to the zoo or wandered along Circular Quay to The Rocks we attended a rally to protest for women s rights My...

• VBAC on the Central Coast

  Posted by Amber Everitt

  I decided for the birth of my second child that I really wanted the chance to have a vaginal birth after having to have an elective Caesarian for my first child this was due to a low lying placenta placenta previa I knew then my wish to have a vaginal birth became...

• Divorce's Silver Lining

  Posted by Johanna Baker-Dowdell

  I ll start this blog post by telling you how my last one ended When I wrote about breastfeeding last month I was wondering whether I would be a breastfeeding mother for much longer While I took my week long course of antibiotics I expressed and Ethan was fed bottles I...