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Simulation Allows Man To Experience Childbirth
Do you remember seeing this on What's Good For You on Channel Nine? Nup, we must've missed it, too - but not this time! Starting out with the provocative statement that research shows men can stand a lot more pain than women, a doctor begins an experiment in gender bending that makes for a pretty enjoyable watch. Using electrodes that si...
Mind The Bump
Week 40: My Water Birth
I'm overjoyed to announce the birth of our daughter Lucinda born on Monday, three days past her due date. She's a whopping 4.33kg and 55cm of pure scrumptiousness, with her daddy's long legs and the chubbiest cheeks since Chubby Checker. As for how she got here? I can thank Anna Wintour. Resigned to being overdue, I made plans to see Vogue do...
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Week 39: The Longest Pre-Labour Ever!
As I write this I am having irregular contractions every three-six minutes apart. I'm not getting too excited though — I've had similar symptoms almost every night for the past week. But then they stop and I head to bed, wondering if I'm going to be woken up by a sudden gush of waters at 3am. To say that such a long pre-labour is frustrating i...
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Should Male Partners Be Banned From the Birthing Suite?
It may not have been popular in the 1950s, but it's pretty much expected that male partners attend the birth of their child these days. Any man who doesn't want to would typically be seen as some sort of squeamish dinosaur. But leading UK obstetrician Michel Odent says we might be doing the wrong thing by expecting men to be the key support pers...
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“Just Get The Drugs”
More than one friend has told me that it's virtually impossible to deliver in a hospital and not get the epidural and that I should basically accept that. Is this true? — just get the epidural Dear Just, Women do have non-medicated births in hospitals. They really do. It happens. It's happened to people we know. It's happened to people we k...
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Male Midwife: Good Mums Give Birth Without An Epidural
A male midwife in the U.K. thinks women in labour who ask for epidurals are avoiding a rite of passage and that skipping the pain isn’t preparing these women for the responsibility of bringing up a baby. Epidurals as a gateway to child neglect? Dr. Denis Walsh, a senior midwife and associate professor in midwifery at Nottingham University,...
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Does Daddy Have To Be There For The Big Push?
When my friend told me her sister-in-law didn’t want her husband at the birth of their first child, I thought she was kidding. You do realise he’s seen it all before, right? But according to a LilSugar survey this week, only sixty-three percent of women are adament that dad be there for the big moment. I’m not sure if the other thirty-seve...
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Babble Wrap: Wide Support For Legislation
When tiny Tully took his first breath last Tuesday morning there wasn't a doctor in sight. Instead, a midwife helped him enter the world at Canberra Hospital's Birth Centre, a cosy and comfortable facility, conceptually light years from a hi-tech delivery room.The Australian First Three Years Key To School Success: Study How children are faring...
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Twins Born 10 Seconds Apart
Twins Sophie and Nicole Down have matching everything: matching faces, matching outfits — even matching birth weights (5 lbs. 11 oz.). But what’s a first in sameness for British doctors is their time of birth — it, too, is exactly the same: 4:31 p.m. The girls were born only 10 seconds apart. When I first read the headlines, I had vi...
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