In birth month clubs, a modern phenomenon in which pregnant strangers convene in online groups based on the month of their due dates, something always happens. After nearly a year of commiserating through posts about baby name quandaries and clueless partners and weird shit that happens to your body, you’ll start to see a smattering of birth announcements, accompanied by photos of scrunchy, red-faced newborns.

It’s exciting! New mums are showered with congrats and well wishes. Then, as the weeks go by, you’ll see more announcements. And more photos. Soon, the buzz wears off. Those left standing (or more likely, whimpering in fetal position) start wondering when it’s their turn. Posts take a turn for the desperate. I’m so jealous. I’m so uncomfortable. WHEN WILL I GIVE BIRTH?!

The bun has been in the oven for nine months, and now it's toasted golden brown. Time to get it out!

Shadow Minister For Communications Michelle Rowland gave a speech today at the Commsday Summit which covered Labor's position on the digital divide, 5G, and digital inclusion.

Rowland called out Australia's "great complacency" – the "she'll be right" attitude that assumes because we have prospered in the past, "it must inevitably continue".

Rowland also went into significant detail about the NBN, and it was way more fun than it had any right to be. Here's everything that was said.

Do epidurals prolong labour? Read the recent headlines and you'd think we finally answered that question once and for all - with epidurals turning out to have no effect. But the study actually asked what happens if you already have an epidural, and turn it off as you're pushing out the baby.