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A smiling couple looks at a positive pregnancy test, symbolizing joy and anticipation in early pregnancy.

First trimester: amazing pregnancy facts

The outward signs that you're growing a new life are all too evident, but what's happening on the inside? We've rounded up all the fascinating facts about your baby's secret life.
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Couple smiling by a lake, woman in blue dress showing baby bump, "Woman's Day Exclusive" logo visible.

My Kitchen Rulesโ€™ Dan and Steph are expecting a baby!

After their IVF struggles, the MKRโ€™s โ€˜sausage kingsโ€™ Dan and Steph Mulheron have a little something to celebrate! Life could not get any better for last yearโ€™s My Kitchen Rules winners Dan and Steph Mulheron, who are sharing their exciting news exclusively with Womanโ€™s Day. โ€œItโ€™s been hard to keep a secret โ€“ but yes, weโ€™re having [โ€ฆ]
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Drew Barrymore at a LACMA Art + Film Gala red carpet in a patterned dress, smiling and posing for photos.

Drew Barrymore joins celebrity baby boom

Actress Drew Barrymore said only last month she would love to have another baby "right away", following the birth of her daughter Olive in September last year, and she has certainly lived up to her word.
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I carried my baby to term, knowing she'd die at birth

I carried my baby to term, knowing sheโ€™d die at birth

Stephanie Azri was nearly five months pregnant and looking forward to finding out if she was having a boy or a girl when her doctor delivered devastating news: the baby growing inside her was fatally ill, and would never live outside her womb. She had gone to her 20-week scan excited about discovering the sex [โ€ฆ]
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Why my son is our third and only child

Why my son is our third and only child

Ask Fleur Shaw-Jones how many children she has and sheโ€™ll tell you: three. But only one child shares her home. Her first two babies, twins, died minutes after they were born in 2010. Here, she explains the special place they will always have in her life. Is he your first? It is a benign and [โ€ฆ]
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Melissa George's baby joy: Iโ€™m having a true blue Aussie

Melissa Georgeโ€™s baby joy: Iโ€™m having a true blue Aussie

Learning sheโ€™s going to be a mother has softened the starโ€™s controversial stance on her Aussie roots. Former Home And Away favourite Melissa George prompted an avalanche of venom last year with her outburst about no longer needing โ€œcredibilityโ€ from her birth country. But as she prepares to take on her most longed-for role ever [โ€ฆ]
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Back to work for the Duchess of Cambridge!

Back to work for the Duchess of Cambridge!

Sheโ€™s still technically on maternity leave, but royal duties already beckon Duchess Kate. According to MailOnline, the new mum is set to fulfil an official public engagement on September 12, as guest of honour at a charity gala. It will be her first job since Georgeโ€™s July 22 birth. Not a bad way to go [โ€ฆ]
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Kim's million dollar baby booty!

Kim Kardashianโ€™s million dollar baby booty!

A natural-born spender, Kimโ€™s postnatal care plan has crept north of $2 million Itโ€™s normal for any new mum to want to feather her nest, but Kim Kardashian is taking it to the extreme. With Kim and Kanye sharing a combined net worth of $140 million, the reality star is sparing no expense in making [โ€ฆ]
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Jaime King pregnant

Jaime King shows off baby bump on Twitter

Former model, Jaime King has recently posted a photo on Twitter revealing her booming baby belly, giving the world a sneak peak of her pregnancy progress as she prepares to give birth to her first child.
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Did your little prince or princess come on time?

Did your little prince or princess come on time?

The whole world is watching โ€” just when will the worldโ€™s newest Prince or Princess arrive? As soon as a pregnancy is confirmed, doctors hand expectant mothers a due date โ€” but how often is this correct, or is all in the hands of nature and your hormones? Weโ€™d love to hear your stories โ€” [โ€ฆ]
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Mother holding baby, both smiling; shows post-pregnancy body with natural stretch marks, promoting body positivity.

Real mums show off post-baby bodies

A photographer has showcased the toll childbirth takes on the human body in a series of beautiful portraits of real mums. Dispelling the myth that women snap back into shape within weeks of giving birth, the images show all the stretch marks, lumps and bumps that come with pregnancy and often linger long after. Mother-of-one [โ€ฆ]
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Pregnant women: Put down the make-up brush and plastic wrap, study says

Pregnant women: Put down the make-up brush and plastic wrap, study says

Pregnant women have been issued with a new list of donโ€™ts as senior doctors recommend they should consider cutting down on make-up and plastic-wrapped food, among other measures, despite having no evidence of their risks. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has today published guidelines that are already proving controversial among medical experts [โ€ฆ]
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Pregnant boys feature on new anti-teen pregnancy billboards

Pregnant boys feature on new anti-teen pregnancy billboards

A new anti-teen pregnancy campaign has been unveiled in the US this week, featuring pictures of pregnant boys. The new billboards โ€” which have been rolled out in Chicagoโ€™s city centre, suburbs, buses and trains this week โ€” show teen boys with bulging baby bumps alongside the slogan: โ€œUnexpected? Most teen pregnancies are.โ€ The Chicago [โ€ฆ]
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More than one in ten Australian women smoke while pregnant.

Calls for tests to out pregnant smokers

The head of anti-smoking authority Quit Victoria has echoed calls to breath-test pregnant women to check if they are smoking after Britainโ€™s healthcare body successfully introduced the scheme. Carbon monoxide breath tests, enforced by Britainโ€™s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, are proposed to be administered by midwives at antenatal appointments. The new measures [โ€ฆ]
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Pregnant women and wine?

Should bar staff refuse to serve alcohol to pregnant women?

Would you serve a pregnant woman alcohol? If not, youโ€™d be acting illegally and could be sued, as Triana Oโ€™Keefe discovered recently. Working in a bar I am often confronted with situations of which Iโ€™m going to describe as less than ideal. To be honest the job description should have read โ€˜Local bar seeks tender [โ€ฆ]
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Pregnant women sharing baby plans before 12 weeks

Women sharing baby news before 12 weeks

Parents-to-be are no longer waiting until the 12-week mark to share their pregnancy news, with many telling family and friends just seven weeks after conception. Traditionally, women have been advised to wait until after their first trimester passes to tell people they are expecting because of the high risk of miscarriage in the first three [โ€ฆ]
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Why women should have babies before 35

Want the best possible birth? Donโ€™t go private

A girlfriend of mine recently gave birth in a private hospital. She had been fit and healthy throughout her pregnancy, with no complications. Her weight gain was average, her bump lovely, and she was expecting a little girl. A week before she was due, her obstetrician asked if she would โ€œlike to have the baby [โ€ฆ]
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Why are we so upset Halle Berry is pregnant at 46?

Why are we so upset Halle Berry is pregnant at 46?

When Halle Berry, 46, announced her pregnancy on Saturday, readers couldnโ€™t wait to voice their disapproval at her โ€œselfishโ€ decision to have a child so late in life. Here, Zoe Arnold asks why we love to hate older women having babies. Last week Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry announced she was pregnant again. Beyond our fascination [โ€ฆ]
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Women more likely to get pregnant if they live near their mothers

Women more likely to get pregnant if they live near their mothers

Women who are trying to get pregnant are more likely to conceive if they live near their mother, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Essex studied the records of 2000 women of the same age, income, fertility and social class who were trying to start a family of their own. They [โ€ฆ]
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Epidural victim Grace Wang: I'm terrified my husband will leave me

Epidural victim Grace Wang: Iโ€™m terrified my husband will leave me

Two and a half years after a doctor injected her spine with antiseptic instead of anaesthetic during the birth of her first child, Grace Wang is yet to come to terms with a medical disaster that has torn away her hope for the future and replaced it with fear and uncertainty. Grace Wang is a [โ€ฆ]
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Pregnant in heels: Podiatrists say no

Pregnant in heels: Podiatrists say no

Pregnant in heels is not just a guilty pleasure of trashy reality TV addicts, itโ€™s a trend thatโ€™s causing growing concern among Australiaโ€™s podiatry community as well. Taking cue from celebrities like Jessica Simpson who famously flaunted her six-inch heels for most of her pregnancy, (even joking that she wore her YSL stilettos all the [โ€ฆ]
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Kate released from hospital "feeling much better"

Kate released from hospital โ€œfeeling much betterโ€

The Duchess of Cambridge was discharged from hospital yesterday after a four-day stay, and emerged looking happy and healthy as she smiled for a sea of cameras. Pregnant Kate told reporters she was โ€œfeeling much betterโ€ as she departed the King Edward VII Hospital, before being driven away to Kensington Palace with husband Prince William. [โ€ฆ]
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Catherine at 30

Confirmed: Kate Middleton is pregnant

Kate Middleton has announced she is expecting her first child with Prince William. The palace confirmed the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant in a statement released earlier today. โ€œTheir Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby,โ€ the palace said in [โ€ฆ]
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Natalie Gruzlewski: I'm so excited to be pregnant

EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Gruzlewskiโ€™s surprise beach wedding

Congratulations to Natalie Gruzlewski and Jack Ray who exclusively tell The Weekly that they secretly got married last Saturday (November 24th) in a wonderful impromptu wedding with a small group of their closest family on Salt Beach Kingscliff. With a baby due in March next year, a wedding was always on the agenda for Jack [โ€ฆ]
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Collette Dinnigan

โ€˜Iโ€™m so luckyโ€™: Baby boy for Collette Dinnigan

The arrival of a new baby is always a reason to celebrate, but for iconic Australian fashion designer Collette Dinnigan, the birth of her baby boy has brought a joyous end to a long journey. The 47-year-old gave birth to a much longed for healthy baby boy, Hunter Desmond David Dinnigan Cocks, and the Royal [โ€ฆ]
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Natalie Gruzlewski: I'm so excited to be pregnant

Natalie Gruzlewski: Iโ€™m so excited to be pregnant

Natalie Gruzlewski likes to keep her private life private, but it was clear something unusual was going on when the 35-year-old beauty starred in a fashion shoot for The Weekly in September. Half-way through the shoot, Natalieโ€™s impossibly handsome boyfriend Jack Ray, 27, showed up for moral support, lots of hugs and more than a [โ€ฆ]
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A 48-year-old mother of ten is expecting quintuplets.

48-year-old mum of 10 expecting quintuplets

A 48-year-old Melbourne mother of 10 is pregnant with quintuplets conceived without the help of IVF. The mother, who is expected to give birth any day now, became pregnant naturally, the Seven Network reported. Related: I had a baby at 50 without IVF Doctors say the natural pregnancy could be considered a miracle, with the [โ€ฆ]
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The pictures that prove Kate isn't pregnant

The pictures that prove Kate isnโ€™t pregnant

The gossip mills have been working overtime, churning out rumours that the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her first child. Pictures of Kate touching her stomach have been held up as incontrovertible proof she is expecting, and a British MPโ€™s comments about how a royal baby would be fabulous for the economy as good [โ€ฆ]
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Reese Witherspoon confirms baby number three

Reese Witherspoon confirms baby number three

Actress Reese Witherspoon has finally revealed something many of us have suspected for quite some time โ€” she is expecting her third child! The 36-year-old, who has two children, daughter Ava, 12, and son Deacon, eight, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, shared her happy news during the filming of An Evening with Reese Witherspoon. โ€œFrankly, Iโ€™m [โ€ฆ]
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Pregnant woman in leopard jacket, smiling; luxury hospital birthing suite with modern amenities and seating area shown.

Jessโ€™s $4000 a night birthing suite

Jessica Simpsonโ€˜s daughter has finally arrived, and is already living a life of complete luxury. New mum Jess, who announced the arrival of Maxwell Drew Johnson on her website, gave birth in the best birthing suite money can buy โ€“ a deluxe room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre. The room is valued at $3,784 a night, [โ€ฆ]
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Jessica Simpsonโ€™s lavish baby shower

VIDEO: Inside Jessica Simpsonโ€™s lavish baby shower

She may be taking a while to arrive, but when Jessica Simpsonโ€™s daughter is born she will be one privileged little girl. Thatโ€™s if mum-to-be Jessicaโ€™s baby shower is anything to go by! A video of the event, which was held on March 18, has been released showing giant red letters spelling out baby, a [โ€ฆ]
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Worldโ€™s first pregnant man splits from wife

Worldโ€™s first pregnant man splits from wife

The worldโ€™s first pregnant man Thomas Beatie has separated from his wife of nine years. The 38-year-old father of three revealed that he and wife Nancy Roberts had split during the a taping of the TV show The Doctors. โ€œLike all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and weโ€™re going through a rough patch [โ€ฆ]
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