Obstetrics | Australian Doctor Group

Water births and conventional births compared

11th December 2019

Water births do not appear to put women or babies at increased risk and may even reduce the odds of perineal lacerations, a…

11th December 2019

Almost half of obstetrics and gynaecology trainees have deliberated throwing in the towel, with almost one in five revealing…

11th December 2019

Obstetric forceps look like ninja weapons. They come as a pair: 16 inches of solid steel for each hand with curved 'blades'…

10th December 2019

Immunisation providers can be confident that mothers vaccinated against whooping cough during pregnancy pass on high levels…

5th December 2019

Doctors would be forced to somehow reimplant an ectopic pregnancy, and could face jail, or even the death penalty, for…

3rd December 2019

An old-school fertility tracking method could help GPs' patients double their chance of falling pregnant, according to…

29th November 2019

For late-term pregnancies, inducing labour at 41 weeks may be safer than waiting until week 42, a large Swedish study…