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EMOTIONAL, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGFINDING HAPPINESS AGAIN
Human's capacity for survival is like nothing else. Often that is because even faced with the most unthinkable sadness, we still have with no option but to get-up and carry on, to dig deep and somehow put one foot in front of the other. This list by Sarah Tobin is a shining example of this: and how she, with the help of tapping therapy, has managed to find happiness after the devastating loss of her baby daughter.…
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Breastfeeding can be absolutely glorious, but also it can be really challenging. Not only is it a skill that needs to be learned, its a case by case thing. Each child is different. Each mother is different. In Rhiannon Boyle's case it was her inverted nipples that made breastfeeding a struggle as she explains here.…
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, INSPIRING, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGPOST NATAL DOWN’S SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS
In the moments after her third son was born Katie could see worried looks on the medical teams faces, not long after she was told her boy Ted had Down's Syndrome. Here she explores how that moment changed her as a mother and made her challenge many of her own preconceptions.…
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EMOTIONAL, INSPIRING, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'SBEING A UNICORN: LIFE WITH HALF A UTERUS
Sometimes the human body can defy all the odds. Helen's case is one of them: having half uterus should have meant that pregnancy was impossible. And though there was plenty of stress and heartache along the way, she now has two gorgeous children.…
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Parenting and sex are rarely a match made in heaven, apart from the very practical act required to provide your offspring with a sibling! That makes it more bleak than it is. Yet all of us can learn from Lacey Haynes teachings on how to reconnect with our bodies and our sexuality as Mums:…
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EMOTIONAL, INSPIRING, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGWHY I CHOOSE TO BE A SURROGATE
Pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery: all challenging. But imagining that in pursuit of making someone else happy. Knowing the baby you are growing is going to be blessed with parents other than yourself. This account by Lisa, as a surrogate is both informative and inspiring…
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFULMENINGITIS HAPPENED TO ME
So you think you know what to look for when it comes to Meningitis? First thoughts are THE RASH. But what happens if there isn't one. And then the headache? Well that can be mistaken for a migraine. Imagine all this misunderstanding coupled with being pregnant! That's what happened to Kirsten Abeeohyay …
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Some of us might naively assume we have an idea what it might by like to be a single parent, but the truth there are many more challenges, obstacles and nuisances, as Phoebe Hughes-Williams explains …