A Victorian coroner’s recommendation that health authorities should warn all parents against the dangers of co-sleeping with their baby risks some mothers rejecting all health messages, says a leading midwifery researcher. Following an inquiry into the SIDS related deaths of ...

The lack of guidelines for hospital midwives on the controversial practice of new mums co-sleeping with their babies is being investigated as part of a world-first study in Australia. Many mums end up sleeping alongside their newborns, either deliberately or ...