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HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFUL‘HANG-XIETY’ AKA ALCOHOL INDUCED ANXIETY.
The dreaded 'morning after the night before'. Perhaps a banging headache or nausea? Both of which can be fixed with a good breakfast and a paracetamol. Same can't be said for the impact booze has on your head space, leaving some, including author Gail Buckley, with a terrible intrusive thoughts and paranoia. …
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY PARTNER’S A CONVICT
This list, from an anonymous author, sheds light on raising kids whilst your partner is in prison. The issues of which are even more complex than you might expect. …
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS MY SURROGATE
"The fact that someone would care about us enough to offer something so enormous felt incredibly special. Whether it worked or not, what she had offered was indescribable. We went from feeling like the unluckiest couple in the world, to the luckiest! How many people have a sister in law that would offer to help you have a baby?! " Helen Loates shares her surrogacy experience.…
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, USEFULTHE DO’S AND DO NOT’S OF DATING AS A SINGLE PARENT
Dating is such a complicated game isn't it?! Playing it cool but not too cool, being open and open-minded but not so much that you are an open-book?! Let alone when you have a small person to think about too! Here Jaya Chingen offers a balanced account of her experience plus tons of empowering advice.…
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One minute you going about your normal life, then next you collapse (after no previous symptoms), are rushed to hospital to be told you have a massive brain tumour. This is Cordelia of how everything she thought she knew changed in an instant.…
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MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFUL, WORK & MONEYWHY I QUIT MY JOB (& THE JUGGLE) WHEN MY KIDS STARTED SCHOOL
When I was growing-up the majority of kids at school were being raised my stay-at-home Mum’s or ‘housewives’ as they…
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'SFORTY YEARS OLD & TRYING TO BE MUM
Whether we like it or not, as women we are made all too aware of the impact every passing year has on our fertility. So how does it feel to be a) turning 40 b) embarking on 6th round of IVF? …
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MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, USEFUL, WORK & MONEYEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE HAVING AN AU PAIR
Childcare is a tricky subject isn't it? Over the last 5 years we have tried all manner of arrangements.…