4 Options for Navigating Depression in Pregnancy

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

While pregnancy is typically thought of as a time for celebration and “basking in the glow of new life,” many women struggle through this period of their lives. Up to 16% of pregnant women meet the diagnostic criteria for major depression, and figuring out...

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5 conditions that must be met before I will prescribe castor oil for induction

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

One of the questions I get asked most often is “how can I avoid an induction?” Pregnant women are well versed about the risks of inductions and the “cascade of interventions” that can result from them. They know that inductions increase their chances of...

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Calling all readers: seeking your input for the Oceania Odyssey book

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Calling all readers: seeking your input for the Oceania Odyssey book Dear friends, After 6 months on the road, we are looking to turn our blog into a book, and would so appreciate if you could spend a few minutes answering the questions below...

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La grande finale, or finishing on a high rope: Oceania Odyssey Week 22

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

If Ed hadn't already helped write a humour book about first-world problems – those trivial complaints that reveal just how fortunate we truly are, like standing in front of a full fridge and saying there's nothing to eat – this would have been a...

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Snorkelling with sharks and stingrays, by Heron and Sitka: Oceania Odyssey Week 21

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Heron: This was such an awesome week – I can't believe we were swimming with sharks! Sitka: Me neither! They were swimming between my legs – stingrays too!

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A holiday in a vacation: Oceania Odyssey Week 21

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

A little finger poked Ed through the mosquito net, rousing him from the deepest sleep he'd had in months. It was a boy whose face looked like Christmas, birthday and ice cream all at once. “Daddy, est-ce que je peux aller nager dans l’océan?”

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The Queensland Rollercoaster: Oceania Odyssey Week 20

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Any excuse will suffice for Ed to bolster his sons’ repertoire of 1990s rock music – and so it has been for the last five months that any semi-steep downhill we encounter on our bikes with an immediate uphill afterward, that our whole family...

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Miracle in Murwillumbah: Oceania Odyssey Week 19

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Ed's old Boy Scout leader (aka his Dad) would be proud: we are exceptionally well prepared for just about any bicycle breakdown. Patch kit for flat tires, several extra tubes and a spare tire, new spokes and cables of all lengths, obscure tools for...

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No slowin’ down when you’ve got lots of duct tape: Oceania Odyssey Week 18

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Our family was at a crossroads… like, an actual highway intersection, with two very different options ahead. Straight on, it was 12k of flat-and-easy to inland Grafton – the nearest main town with all the amenities – and then a short-and-simple tomorrow back to the...

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Calm after the cyclone: Oceania Odyssey Week 17

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

We awoke in our tent to the sound of an angry ocean. Ferocious and relentless, wave after wave pounded the rocky shore next to us with the full might of a king tide. The swells were eight metres high, and the curls thundered down...

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