Wellbeing of Women Centre

15/03/2026

Fragmented maternity care can often leave women feeling isolated as they enter motherhood, but a first-of-its-kind centre in Perth is working to bridge the gap with postpartum care.

Link in comments for full story.

11/03/2026

: Retrospective study of 11,061 pregnancies shows that real-world implementation of PlGF-based first-trimester screening with aspirin prophylaxis significantly reduces preterm pre-eclampsia and preterm birth.

The findings of Badr et al. support the adoption of early screen-and-prevent strategies for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Read the study and find out about the theoretical health-system cost savings here: https://bit.ly/4bm3rfb

24/02/2026

🤱Lets talk about ICON - Coping with Infant Crying

Babies cry, you can cope 🫶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3mc0FhrNF8

Coping with sleep deprivation is very challenging, all babies are different, but it is normal for babies to wake every few hours for a feed in the night as they have very small tummies. It is normal for babies to cry. Babies start to cry more frequently from 2 weeks of age this can reach a peak when they are around 8 weeks old. Every baby is different but once they are a few months old they start to cry less.

Try to comfort baby, see if baby is hungry, tired, has a dirty nappy or a combination of all three. It is OK to walk away leaving baby in a safe place for a few minutes if you need time to calm down. Never shake or hurt your baby.
If you are struggling to cope, please ask for support from friends, family or a health professional.

https://iconcope.org/

11/02/2026

28/01/2026

🤰 A new Cochrane review covering more than 100 randomized clinical trials and over 30,000 women has highlighted the safety and effectiveness of 13 commonly used methods for inducing labour.

The findings show that while most induction methods are similarly effective, their safety differs depending on the clinical context, particularly for women without a previous caesarean section.

Highlights from the review:

🔍 No method clearly outperformed low‑dose vaginal misoprostol on major outcomes such as achieving vaginal birth within 24 hours.

🔍 Oxytocin with amniotomy was the most successful at achieving birth within 24 hours.

🔍 Mechanical methods (e.g., balloon catheters) were among the safest, reducing risks like uterine hyperstimulation.

🔍Evidence for women with previous C‑sections remains limited, highlighting an urgent research gap.

🔍 No methods were deemed unsafe enough to discontinue.

Researchers emphasize that while effectiveness matters, safety and context should guide clinical decisions, especially in low‑resource settings where availability and cost are key factors.

Read more here: https://www.cochrane.org/about-us/news/most-common-methods-inducing-labour-similarly-effective

24/01/2026

France just ran the numbers on mRNA vaccines… 28 million people.
The cookers are about to yell "sacré bleu" at clouds over this one.

This study used real-world national health data... not surveys, not estimates, not “my cousin’s friend is a nurse on Rumble", not laminated placards of nocebo hysteria.

They followed 22.7 million vaccinated adults and 5.9 million unvaccinated adults aged 18–59, median follow-up 45 months (nearly 4 years).

They matched the groups on age, s*x, region and over 41 health conditions (so it was adjusted for comorbidities).

Then they looked at hard endpoints such as all-cause mortality, COVID-related mortality and long-term mortality trends.

The Findings...

• Vaccinated people had 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19.

• 25% lower risk of death from ANY cause.

• No increase in mortality for 4 years after vaccination.

• Results held even after excluding COVID deaths.

What this means... if vaccines were causing secret waves of heart attacks, cancers, turbo-autoimmune-disasters… we would absolutely see it here.

Instead, vaccinated people (on average) lived longer.

The authors did note that vaccinated groups had slightly more cardiometabolic issues,
yet still had better outcomes.
(That’s the opposite of “healthier people bias.”)

This is one of the strongest long-term safety signals ever conducted and released.

Link in the comments, have a read.
Cookers, take all the time you need to invent whatever mental gymnastics to Macron’s-wife-is-a-lizard-clone conspiracy pivot.

mRNA vaccines weren’t the problem.
The virus was.

Stay crisp. Stay evidence-based. 🥒✨

21/01/2026

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09/01/2026

Gestational diabetes is a condition that can occur in pregnancy when the body becomes less able to regulate the levels of sugar, called glucose, in the blood. As a result, the glucose levels can rise above normal levels. This is important as the higher blood glucose levels cross the placenta to your baby and can affect the outcome of your pregnancy.

08/01/2026

Oxygen deprivation during labour, known as fetal asphyxia, is rare but devastating. It can lead to stillbirth, cerebral palsy and lifelong disability.

Mercy Health Obstetrician Gynaecologist Dr Deb Karmakar, and the research team from Mercy Health and University of Melbourne, are determined to change that.

They have built a cloud-based AI algorithm that detects oxygen deprivation in real time, analysing an astonishing 2 billion data points from 35,000 patients. The results? An incredible 90% sensitivity in predicting fetal distress, compared to 35% using traditional methods.

This breakthrough could save lives and reduce unnecessary interventions, offering safer, more personalised care for mothers and babies.

Read more about this research on our website, where you can also find the full Research Report: https://bit.ly/3N2MUU2

17/12/2025

...with over 20 new studies.

Much of the focus was on melatonin's role in antioxidant capacity. Overall, the studies found that melatonin’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties support placental health, regulate immune homeostasis, and may protect against oxidative damage in the fetus, potentially improving perinatal outcomes

Here are the 3 I would read first.

1. Busetti, K., Simões, D., Braga, D., Setti, A., Borges, E., & De Sá, G. (2025). P-645 Melatonin supplementation during controlled ovarian stimulation for women undergoing assisted reproductive technology: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Human Reproduction. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaf097.951.
👉🏼Systematic review and meta-analysis of melatonin supplementation during controlled ovarian stimulation for ART

2. Bradfield, Z., White, S., Davies-Tuck, M., Sharp, M., Warland, J., Callander, E., Kuliukas, L., Rose, M., Pettitt, A., Ekin, K., Doherty, D., & Keelan, J. (2025). Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of late gestation oral melatonin supplementation in reducing induction of labour rates in nulliparous women: the MyTIME study protocol. BMJ Open, 15. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090370.
👉🏼MyTIME Study: Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of late gestation oral melatonin supplementation in reducing induction of labour rates in nulliparous women

3. Duka, Y., & Duka, D. (2025). The role of melatonin in the implementation of women's reproductive plans: from menarche to the physiological course of the gestational process (literature review). UKRAINIAN JOURNAL HEALTH OF WOMAN. https://doi.org/10.15574/hw.2025.1(176).7182.
👉🏼Narrative review summarizing preclinical and early clinical evidence on melatonin as an adjuvant therapy for preeclampsia.

27/10/2025

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