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What’s it like to give birth to six children? According to Antonia Kidman it’s sheer euphoria. The 42-year-old TV presenter and author — who recently welcomed her sixth child, Alexander — discusses kids and childbirth in the June issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. “You know that adrenaline rush you get after exercising really hard? […]

What’s the first thing every woman should reach for when they go into labour? A vibrator, according to new book Glow Mama. An incredulous Zoe Arnold examines the concept of orgasmic birth. For most women, birthing a child is a chore. A really big chore, to get to the main event: a little person, a […]

Pregnant and proud – these celebs are flaunting their baby bumps as the excitedly await their newborn babies!

Every day, in hospitals all around Australia, women who don’t need caesareans are having them. In the past 15 years our caesarean rate has nearly doubled — leaving us with one of the highest rates of C-sections in the world. Thirty-two per cent of women now have their babies delivered by caesarean in Australia, and […]

The Aussie rock princess tackles her first-ever weight-loss plan, with amazing results! Mahalia Barnes, the beautiful daughter of rocker Jimmy Barnes, has a big voice, but she has decided she doesn’t want the body to match. The singer’s weight has ballooned over the past five years, often leaving her feeling listless and exhausted. “I’ve never […]

The Duchess of Cambridge should be on top of the world, finally pregnant with her first and much longed-for child. But instead, she is in a hospital bed, attached to a drip and expected to stay that way for several days. The palace released a statement saying Kate is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, a type […]

Home birth hit the headlines worldwide this week when advocate Caroline Lovell died after delivering her baby daughter at home. Caroline, 36, is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after giving birth to baby Zahra on Monday, January 23. She was already “critically ill” by the time paramedics arrived at her north Melbourne […]

Pregnant bellies and a splash of plaster are coming together in country Australia to create a mini health revolution, Bryce Corbett reports. It’s just after midday in an annexe of the Moree Base Hospital in country NSW. The air is heavy with humidity and the earth under foot is still moist from the region’s worst […]

Win our Book of the Month Be one of the first 25 people to sign up to the Simon & Schuster newsletter and correctly answer the competition question to win a free copy of The Dovekeepers! Alice Hoffman is one of the most popular and memorable writers of her generation, the author of such iconic […]

For as far back as I can remember, I’ve known I want to adopt children rather than have my own. I’ve always been careful to mention this to boyfriends, rather than hiding it from them. Before I married my husband I tried on several occasions to warn him about this, but he always cut me […]