After an amazing weekend at Pregnancy Babies and Children’s Expo in Melbourne I have had a week to reflect on what was different at this particular Expo. The main thing that women were finally coming to ask was how they could get their own midwife!

The Queensland arm of the Australian Medical Association is showing an appalling disregard of evidence and is telling a story that's starting to wear thin on even the most tolerant of midwives.

The words ‘male fertility’ create a knot in the stomach of even the bravest of men. Often where fertility issues arise, examination of the male partner’s contribution to the problems is ignored.

More often than not in the modern world we live, many women return to work within the first one to two years of their babies lives.

For some women the choice to return to work is about what fulfils them and helps them feel they are more present as mothers. Other women find that limited paid maternity leave, can force them back into the workforce for financial reasons.