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Prem struggle makes motherhood sweeter

Mothers Day takes on a special meaning for Ebonie and Phil Cresp after their twin boys were born weighing just 360 and 380 grams.

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Mallee delivers more babies for Loxton

Extending general practice medical services to neighbouring Mallee residents has helped Loxton buck the trend of small, country hospitals closing maternity wards.

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Retiring obstetrician farewells Riverland

Retiring Riverland obstetrician and gynaecologist Bruce Gilbert has delivered a wide-ranging assessment on everything from home births to caesarean sections.

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Birthing kit milestone 'another life saved'

Former midwife Jenny Boyd learnt firsthand the dangers of childbirth while working in Nigeria, so she knows reaching one million birthing kits is more than just a milestone for Zonta.

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Hospital births a family experience

Apartment-style, family suites are allowing Riverland women to deliver babies away from a standard, sterile hospital setting.

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Baby, your lucky number's come up

It will be nearly another 90 years before another baby is born who can boast a birth date with the same number for the day, month and year.

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Women forced to travel for specialist pregnancy care

Riverland women are travelling to Adelaide for specialist pregnancy care because the region lacks a resident obstetrician and gynaecologist.

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Riverland without permanent specialist obstetrician

Some Riverland women are having to travel to Adelaide to see a specialist obstetrician or gynaecologist.

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Hospital looks to secure full-time gynaecology-obstetrics specialist

The Riverland Regional Hospital says it is negotiating to employ a full-time gynaecology and obstetrics specialist for the first time in 12 months.

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Baby monitor boost for high-risk labours

Pregnant women with risk factors that require continuous fetal monitoring during labour will no longer be confined to bed after a new machine was donated to the Riverland General Hospital.

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Val says goodbye to her babies

If you've had a baby in the Riverland over the past three decades, there's a fair chance you would have come across Child and Family Health nurse Val Fewster.

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Riverland hospital appoints gynaecology-obstetrics specialist

A gynaecology and obstetrics specialist has been employed to work in South Australia's Riverland, for the first time in more than 18 months.

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Lucky number seven as baby makes unexpected arrival at Berri hospital

Oh baby, you know when your number is up. At least baby Matthew Najar-Goldsmith did. Due to arrive via caesarean section at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital he instead made an unexpected...

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When premature birth leaves mother and baby in neonatal unit far from home

The trauma of premature birth has additional complications for parents who live hundreds of kilometres from their baby's neonatal hospital.

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Australian pioneer Pauline Milich was the remarkable midwife who gave birth...

Pauline Milich brought her 14th child into the world while helping another woman deliver a baby life was different in the early 1900s.

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