A List of Topics
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Practical Topics


  • A History of Childbirth
  • A History of Pain Relief in Labour
  • Pregnancy Week by Week@Better Health Channel
  • Anaesthesia & You
  • Epidurals and Back Pain
  • Caring for your Back
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Coffee and Pregnancy
  • Mouth Rinse in Preterm Pregnancy Prevention
  • Air Travel and Pregnancy
          - Adverse Outcome - Myth or Concern - 2006
  • Air Travel and Pregnancy RCOG 2008

    • Nutrition Topics and Links


  • Food Standards Australia
  • General Nutrition & Avoiding Infections
  • Kitchen Hygiene
  • Vitamin & Mineral Supplementation & Australian RDI's
  • Mineral Sources
  • Vitamin Sources
  • Vitamin D Deficiency in Australia, Sun Exposure & Sources
  • Fruits - Vitamin & Mineral Contents of
  • Vegetables - Vitamin & Mineral Contents of
  • Thyroid and Pregnancy - Text
  • NHMRC Public Statement on Iodine supplementation
  • Iodine Deficiency and the Thyroid - Importance in Pregnancy - Video
  • Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy - Text
  • Sources of Iodine
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    Obstetric Topics

  • Pregnant Women and Swine Influenza
  • Pregnancy and Exercise - a brief review from SUFW
  • Pregnancy & Labour - from NSW Department of Health
  • Natural Delivery & Later Life Risk
  • No Right or Wrong Way to Give Birth
  • Elective caesarean section: A Patient's Account
  • Elective caesarean section: Maternal Request
  • Breast Feeding
  • Australian Breastfeeding Association

    • Baby Topics

  • Is Motherhood Really That Hard
  • Anti D, You & Your Baby - from the Australian Red Cross
  • Vitamin K at Birth
  • What is Cord Blood? - Sydney Cord Blood Bank
  • Debate - Umbilical Cord Blood - Private vs Public
  • Circumcision
  • Recognising serious illness in babies
  • Kids Home Safety Checklist
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    The Topics and Links in this web site are not intended to replace a one-to-one relationship with a qualified Medical Practitioner and they are not intended as medical advice. They are intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from research and experience in the scientific literature and not as an endorsement of that site. You are encouraged to make your own health care decisions based upon your own research and in partnership with a qualified Medical Practitioner.

    Site last updated 24th August 2013