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By Kellie Scott, ABC Lifestyle Post-weaning depression needs more research and awareness, experts say. (file image) Photo: Unsplash Mariana is the first person in her family for four generations to breastfeed. "In Mexico, everyone got pushed formula early on," the 36-year-old from Australia's Djilang/Geelong says. "So for me, it was important to get to at least six months." Mariana exceeded her goal, and just before her son turned two, she decided to stop. "I was getting really touched out … we managed to go down to one night feed, then just stopped." Weaning her son was easier than Mariana expected, but she wasn't prepared for how she would feel afterwards. "I was just so sad all the time. "I remember crying, asking, 'Why am I so sad?' We all thought it was delayed postpartum depres...

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Only the feet of a woman trapped between two boulders can be seen in this image released by NSW Ambulance. Photo: NSW Ambulance A woman who tried to retrieve her lost phone from between boulders in Australia's Hunter Valley became stuck upside down for seven hours before she was rescued earlier this month. Just the bare soles of the woman's feet can be seen in photos of the incident posted on social media by the New South Wales (NSW) Ambulance service. The woman had been walking with friends on a private property in Laguna, a country town in the Hunter Valley about 120 from Sydney, when she dropped her phone. As she tried to retrieve it, she slipped face-first into a three-metre crevice between two large boulders, so deep that her friends were unable to reach ...

By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters A person votes during early voting at a polling station in the first round of early voting at a polling place, October 21, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo: AFP / Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo Russia, China and Iran are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the 5 November US elections and may consider fomenting violence after voters go to the polls, US intelligence officials said on Tuesday. The officials, briefing reporters on US election security, said foreign actors could consider physical threats and violence, and were highly likely to conduct disinformation operations to create uncertainty and undermine the election process. "Foreign actors, particularly Russia, Iran and China, remain intent on f...

The defendants are expected to appear in court in Florida. File pic Photo: AFP Mike Jeffries, the former chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been indicted on sex trafficking and prostitution involving dozens of men. The charges were unveiled on Tuesday, a decade after Jeffries left the retailer he built over 22 years into a popular clothing brand known for sexually charged marketing. Jeffries, his partner Matthew Smith, and a third defendant James Jacobson, who allegedly served as a recruiter, were each charged with one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution. Jeffries and Smith are expected to appear later on Tuesday (US time) in federal court in Florida, court records show. All three defendants were arrested on Tuesday. Brian Bieber, a lawyer for ...