2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1118+ words) Dozens of young women, heavily pregnant or with babies in their arms, arrive at the Wiyanga House in Sydney’s west every year facing homelessness. Run by Uniting, the refuge is one of a handful of specialist services in the state....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (318+ words) July 24, 2026 — 10:50am Nine’s Today co-host Sarah Abo has welcomed a baby boy. Abo shared the news on Friday’s breakfast segment and later on social media, revealing she named her son Sonny and that she gave birth a week ago. “What a…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (635+ words) July 21, 2026 — 8:40pm A baby that died from complications during a free birth on the Sunshine Coast would have likely survived with timely medical care, a coroner’s court has heard, with an expert calling for women’s birth trauma to be taken seriously…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (681+ words) July 20, 2026 — 2:13pm Children should be monitored for high blood pressure from the age of seven, according to new national guidelines aimed at reducing organ damage, heart attacks and stroke later in life. While high blood pressure has previously been perceived as…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (436+ words) July 20, 2026 — 3:22pm A Brisbane woman has given birth to identical quadruplets – an extremely rare “one in 15 million” event – with doctors saying the pregnancy could be an Australian first. Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, 34, was raising four young children and had not planned another…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (881+ words) Olympian Brooke Buschkuehl has a steely gaze. The Australian long jumper stares straight ahead before a heat, undeterred and laser-focused before sprinting and launching herself into the sand. But when the 32-year-old Victorian Institute of Sport athlete competes at the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (371+ words) July 19, 2026 — 5:00am Sarah Wallace is a curator. The 37-year-old shares her day on a plate. 6am Decaf filter coffee at home. 6.30am A smoothie made with a banana, oats, chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, dates and oat milk on my way to a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1156+ words) July 12, 2026 — 5:00am Menopause – and perimenopause, the lead-up phase that can last anywhere from months to years – has become a hot topic. In an Australian first, in May the federal government launched an awareness campaign to educate women – and men – about the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1446+ words) July 12, 2026 — 5:00am Medicare-funded pelvic floor checks for all new mothers, co-ordinated medical follow-up for the first year and subsidised pelvic physiotherapy to reduce long-term damage are among the changes obstetricians are calling for to reduce birth trauma. As fear of birth…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1344+ words) July 3, 2026 — 5:00am Many of us are deeply knowledgeable about mental health and the recommended strategies to cope with tough times, but as Kristy Ross, a clinical psychologist at Black Dog Institute, says, knowledge alone can often fall short in moments of…...