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Obstetrician & Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, The University of Melbourne

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June 22, 2025

How pregnant women are tested for gestational diabetes is changing. Here’s what this means for you

Alexis Shub, The University of Melbourne; Matthew Hare, Menzies School of Health Research, and Susan de Jersey, The University of Queensland

Screening for gestational diabetes will continue. But who gets extra testing, and when, will change.

Women and men are portrayed as equally infantile in the film. Roadshow Films

May 30, 2012

Don’t expect much from What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Meredith McIntyre, Monash University and Alexis Shub, The University of Melbourne

What to Expect When You’re Expecting is basically a 1980s frat film, complete with busty girls in bikinis, golf buggies crashing into swimming pools, and vomit and fart jokes – all window dressed with…

Overly optimistic expectations about the birthing process may taint the experience for many women. Muus Creation/Flickr

January 30, 2012

Great expectations: mothers too optimistic about birth intervention

Alexis Shub, The University of Melbourne

Many women believe they’re likely to go through labour and give birth without medical intervention. But data from Victoria shows that, more often than not, labour does require intervention. The disconnect…

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