Pelvic pain and what to do about it
Alex Lopes is a pelvic health physiotherapist, the director of Pelvic Health Melbourne in Altona North, and past national chair of the Australian Physiotherapy...
Traumatic toilet birth
Lauren Green’s son made an unconventional entrance to the world – into a toilet.
Lauren can see the funny side seven years on, but the...
Medication abortion: why expanding access matters
(precede) Tilly Mahoney is Women's Health in the North's sexual and reproductive health co-ordinator.
In Victoria, access to safe and legal abortion has been a...
Anxiety is more than a worry
When people think of mental illness, depression is usually the first condition that springs to mind.
Yet being the best known doesn’t make it the...
Screening breakthrough
A ground-breaking national campaign promoting the HPV self-collection option for cervical screening is helping bring empowerment and choice to women’s health across Australia.
This...
A mum’s worst nightmare
Solo mother Michelle Galea’s worst nightmare is her son losing his only parent. In September last year, she was forced to confront that fear...
Traumatic toilet birth
Lauren Green’s son made an unconventional entrance to the world – into a toilet.
Lauren can see the funny side seven years on, but the...
Mum ’can’t go back’ to life of pain
Alice Davy has lived with chronic, life-limiting pain for most of her life.
The Eynesbury mum-of-two was diagnosed with endometriosis 12 years ago and in...
From trauma to triumph: The journey through birth trauma
Thirteen years ago, Leanne Murphy’s life was irrevocably changed by a traumatic birth experience that left her battling with severe physical, emotional, and financial...
Getting health right for women
Being a woman often feels really tough.
It can be hard on your body: periods, pregnancy, breastfeeding, menopause. It can be hard on your...
Antenatal care without the stigma
Finding the right place to give birth and be comfortable is something that is near the top of an expecting mother’s lists.
The hospital needs...
Period poverty prevalent in west
Women across the northern and western suburbs are finding it difficult to access period products, a new survey has revealed.
Charity Share the Dignity's bloody...
Surgeon reconstructs hope
“Women’s health has always been a passion of mine,” would probably sufficiently explain why Dr Anannya Chakrabarti is a reconstructive breast surgeon, but it...
Study into ’neglected’ issue
Researchers are investigating causes and potential treatments for perinatal intrusions — intense and vivid thoughts that impact most people during and after pregnancy.
Intrusive and...
Conversations are key this White Ribbon Month
As White Ribbon Month gets under way, the organisation is working harder than ever to prevent violence against women by engaging men and boys...
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Safer workplaces for women
The state government has announced a $5.5 million investment in a new Safe Workplaces for Women Initiative, which it hopes will change culture and...
