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My Body, My Baby

...by midwives, for women

  • Your Pregnancy Journey
    • Signs of Pregnancy
    • You’re Pregnant! Now What?
    • Models of Care
    • Your Health Care Team
    • Down Below
    • Nutrition and Exercise
    • Your Body Mass Index
    • Weight Gain in Pregnancy
    • Diabetes in Pregnancy
    • Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
    • Alcohol and Your Baby
    • Smoking in Pregnancy
    • Drugs and Medications in Pregnancy
    • Routine Pregnancy Screening
    • Perinatal Mental Health
    • Pregnancy Progress
    • Counting Kicks
    • Which Way’s Up?
    • Common Discomforts
    • But Wait! Twins & More…
    • Sex During Pregnancy
    • Things That Are NOT Normal
    • Preparing for Baby
    • Birth Plans
    • Your Go Bag
    • References
  • Labour & Birth
    • Signs of Labour
    • Latent Phase (Early Labour)
    • First Stage
    • Second Stage
    • Third Stage
      • Clamping and Cutting the Cord
    • Fourth Stage
    • Monitoring your Baby
    • Informed Consent
    • Antibiotics in Labour
    • Your Microbiome
    • Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC)
    • Birth by Caesarean Section
    • Home Birth
    • Water Immersion and Waterbirth
    • Pain Management
    • Stuff Happens
    • About Breech
    • Induction of Labour
    • The Intervention Cascade
    • Instrumental Birth
    • When Baby Comes Early
    • References
  • The First Few Days
    • Bumps, Bruises and Blues
    • Who Needs Sleep?
    • Safe Sleeping
    • Crying as Communication
    • Cues, Signs and Soothing Baby
    • Bath Time
    • Feeding your Baby
    • Breastfeeding
      • Breastfeeding Challenges
      • Hints and Tips For Breastfeeding
    • Expressing
    • Milk Banks
    • Formula Feeding
    • Change Time
    • Screening Tests for Baby
    • Jaundice
    • The Special Care Nursery
    • Kangaroo Care
    • Support at Home
    • And Baby Makes Three (or four, or more)
    • Sex After Baby
    • References
  • Research and Evidence
  • Blog
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  • Your Pregnancy Journey
    • Signs of Pregnancy
    • You’re Pregnant! Now What?
    • Models of Care
    • Your Health Care Team
    • Down Below
    • Nutrition and Exercise
    • Your Body Mass Index
    • Weight Gain in Pregnancy
    • Diabetes in Pregnancy
    • Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
    • Alcohol and Your Baby
    • Smoking in Pregnancy
    • Drugs and Medications in Pregnancy
    • Routine Pregnancy Screening
    • Perinatal Mental Health
    • Pregnancy Progress
    • Counting Kicks
    • Which Way’s Up?
    • Common Discomforts
    • But Wait! Twins & More…
    • Sex During Pregnancy
    • Things That Are NOT Normal
    • Preparing for Baby
    • Birth Plans
    • Your Go Bag
    • References
  • Labour & Birth
    • Signs of Labour
    • Latent Phase (Early Labour)
    • First Stage
    • Second Stage
    • Third Stage
      • Clamping and Cutting the Cord
    • Fourth Stage
    • Monitoring your Baby
    • Informed Consent
    • Antibiotics in Labour
    • Your Microbiome
    • Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC)
    • Birth by Caesarean Section
    • Home Birth
    • Water Immersion and Waterbirth
    • Pain Management
    • Stuff Happens
    • About Breech
    • Induction of Labour
    • The Intervention Cascade
    • Instrumental Birth
    • When Baby Comes Early
    • References
  • The First Few Days
    • Bumps, Bruises and Blues
    • Who Needs Sleep?
    • Safe Sleeping
    • Crying as Communication
    • Cues, Signs and Soothing Baby
    • Bath Time
    • Feeding your Baby
    • Breastfeeding
      • Breastfeeding Challenges
      • Hints and Tips For Breastfeeding
    • Expressing
    • Milk Banks
    • Formula Feeding
    • Change Time
    • Screening Tests for Baby
    • Jaundice
    • The Special Care Nursery
    • Kangaroo Care
    • Support at Home
    • And Baby Makes Three (or four, or more)
    • Sex After Baby
    • References
  • Research and Evidence
  • Blog
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    Dietary advice during pregnancy

    We discovered an interesting trend in dietary advice. We advise women who are planning a pregnancy to see their GP and have a health check. But our results show that women who are planning a
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    COVID 19 and your pregnancy

    COVID-19 and pregnancy

    The novel human coronavirus (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of global proportions…but what does it mean for you, your pregnancy and your baby?…what are the NEED TO KNOWS of this situation and how do
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    Pregnancy multis - do you really need them?

    Pregnancy supplements – a comparison

    Which is best for you? When we are planning a baby – or are already pregnant – one of the first things that health professionals recommend is taking pregnancy supplements. But which multivitamin is best
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    Antenatal expressing

    What is antenatal expressing? Antenatal expressing is the practice of hand expressing the early breastmilk (colostrum) before the birth of your baby. The colostrum is usually collected and stored in syringes with a unique cap,
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    To weigh or not to weigh…

    To weigh or not to weigh pregnant women… The question of whether to weigh pregnant women throughout pregnancy has been a sticking point in practice for decades. Initially, the routine weighing of pregnant women at
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    GBS

    Group B strep

    Recently Queensland Health changed its policy on the dose of antibiotics given to women in labour. These changes affect women who have identified risk factors including Group B Strep and preterm labour. Women who are
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    water birth

    Waterbirth safety

    “Babies born into water experienced fewer negative outcomes than babies born on land.“ Waterbirth safety is highest when: both you and your baby have no medical complications your midwife or doctor has water immersion training;
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    Has COVID affected your birth plan?

    COVID-19 and your birth plan

    During the COVID-19 crisis, there has been lots of information about how to protect yourself and stay well (see our previous post). Social distancing and pressure on health systems will have had an effect on
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    Eating your placenta (placentophagy)

    Eating the placenta is common in mammals, however, no modern human culture incorporates this practice in its birthing traditions. Yet, consuming your placenta is becoming more popular, with some services assisting a woman’s wish to
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    Your placenta

    Your placenta Between day 5 and 8 after your egg is fertilised the developing ball of cells attaches itself to the wall of your uterus. When this happens the some of the cells will start to burrow into the lining of your
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    • Changing a disposable nappy using gloves.
      Changing a disposable nappy using gloves.
    • How to put a onesie on
      How to put a onesie on
    • Vaginal examinations - what you need to know.
      Vaginal examinations - what you need to know.

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    Meet The Midwives

    • Dr Janelle McAlpine
      Dr Janelle McAlpine
      My Body My Baby Project creator and coordinator. BA (Human Bioscience), BMid, MMRes, PhD. Clinical Midwife
    • Hayley Moyes
      Hayley Moyes
      MMid. Clinical Midwife.
    • Kelly Padrão West
      Kelly Padrão West
      BMid, BHSc (Nut. Med) Director of Mothers Milk Bank Charity (MMBC) Registered Midwife & Functional Nutritionist 2019 Midwife of the year – Gold Coast University Hospital.
    • Janice Rowe
      Janice Rowe
      BSW (Hons), BMid. Registered Midwife
    • Karen Milner
      Karen Milner
      BSc. Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife
    • Jacinta Reid
      Jacinta Reid
      BMid. Registered Midwife
    • Nikki-Lee Rossiter
      Nikki-Lee Rossiter
      BMid. Registered Midwife.
    • Sophie Schipplock
      Sophie Schipplock
      BN, MMid Registered Nurse, Clinical Midwife
    • Rebecca Johnson
      Rebecca Johnson
      BMid. Clinical Midwife
    • Kate Sycz
      Kate Sycz
      BN, BMid. Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife

    〝 Knowledge is power - educate yourself. 〞

    About Us

    Welcome to the My Body My Baby Project… written by midwives, for women.

    It is the women who have done their homework and know to ask questions; who know their rights, and the meaning of truly informed decisions and consent – that enable midwives to provide truly woman-centred care.

    Based on years of experience, research, evidence and practice, what has been provided for you here is everything you need to know about pregnancy, labour, birth and the first few days after birth.

    Please use this information to make sure than even in your most vulnerable state YOU are working from a position of power – after all it is your body, and your baby.

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