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Monique Robinson - PhD/MPsych (Clinical)
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Can stress during pregnancy harm my baby?
Monique Robinson, University of Western Australia Most pregnant women are aware of the advice to quit smoking, avoid alcohol, and wholeheartedly fear soft cheese in...
Helicopter, snowplow or free range – what’s your parenting style?
It used to be said that the difficulty with parenting is that no-one gives you a manual, but you could argue that adage is no...
Are maternal hormones different when carrying a boy or a girl?
With advances in prenatal testing it’s now possible to find out whether a pregnancy will result in a male or female baby as early as...
Myth: you can control the sex of your baby
Despite most parents ultimately just wishing for a healthy baby, there are many cultural and social factors that can drive the desire for a baby...
Myth: women forget the pain of childbirth
In an evolutionary sense, memory of pain serves an important purpose. Pain indicates a threat to our safety or our life, and human survival depends...
Does sex induce labour?
Sex. It’s what got you into pregnancy, but is it also the pathway to getting you out? Around a quarter of all Australian pregnancies are...
A parent’s guide to managing tantrums
‘No, I don’t wanna… wahhhh!’ A parent’s guide to managing tantrums Monique Robinson, University of Western Australia The first almighty toddler tantrum is a milestone...
Myth: peanuts in pregnancy cause allergies
Anyone else have the feeling something radical has happened with peanut allergy in the past 30 years? I don’t recall knowing anyone allergic to peanuts...
