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Adolescent girls living in low-income urban informal settlements face challenges that elevate their susceptibility to early childbearing.
Around one in ten men experience mental health issues after having a baby. But many don’t seek help.
Mental health needs for pregnant women and mothers with newborn babies are being recognised at last in South Africa.
Most babies shed it in the womb at around 33-36 weeks of pregnancy, where it mixes with amniotic fluid and is swallowed by the baby. Babies born early, however, tend to have a lot more body hair.
Most new parents are unaware of the risks of other people kissing their newborn baby.
If you feel burping is helpful to your baby, then keep doing what you’re doing. If trying to burp your baby after every feed is stressing you or your baby out, then you don’t have to keep doing it.
Crying triggers changes in how a newborn baby gets their oxygen. But not all new babies cry, and it’s not always a problem.
Although testing for CMV during pregnancy isn’t routine and there isn’t universal screening for infants, there are steps pregnant people can take to protect themselves and their newborns.
Soon after a baby is born, it’s becoming more common these days for the father or non-birthing parent to be encouraged to place the newborn directly on their chest.
Here are four thoughts and feelings it’s common to have when you have a new baby.
Newborn babies can pick up GBS from their mother’s vaginal tract during childbirth.
Mobile health apps, teleconferencing with experts and thoughtfully designed educational platforms can all help families during the chaotic and confusing early years.
No mother wants their baby to develop jaundice, but it turns out that they should probably be grateful.
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Manager, Centre for Genome-Enabled Biology & Medicine, University of Aberdeen
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Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Glasgow
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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Southern California
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern California
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Adjunct professor of Maternal and Family Health, Adelaide University
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Professor of Medicine, UNSW
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Researcher, Midwife, Nurse, UNSW Microbiome Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Medicine and of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
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Senior Lecturer, Medicine & Health, UNSW
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Professor and Cure Kids Chair of Paediatric Research, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester