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Birth trauma can have a huge impact on those early weeks and months, possibly years with a child. Rather than falling in love with our new bundle, as per the Hollywood portrayal of childbirth, we are left preoccupied with flashbacks of labour. Here, Deborah Caldicott talks of seeking help and finding peace.…
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EMOTIONAL, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGWHAT VILLAGE? IN SEARCH OF A SUPPORT NETWORK
The notion of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is undoubtedly founded on truth. But unfortunately in amongst the overwhelm and exhaustion of parenting not everyone has a support network they can lean on. Here Nikki describes trying to survive with nobody onside`;…
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BODY IMAGE, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, WORK & MONEYFAKE BUMPS & DISCRIMINATION. HOW FASHION FAILS PREGNANT WOMEN
Having previously navigated the shady bits of the industry to carve herself a successful career as a model, Louise aka @mamasstillgotit_ was shocked to learn that becoming pregnant would curtail her chance of finding new jobs, and not for the reasons you might think. You see, those pregnant mamas we see in the press; they are just models with foam bumps strapped to them which is damaging for many reasons, as Louise explain in this list:…
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HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, WORK & MONEYWHY I BECAME A MIDWIFE (AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT)
A midwife has the capacity to make a huge difference to one of the most significant moment in a woman's life and indeed the start of another life too. But what is labour like from the otherside? As the intro to her book says: "No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers… Welcome to the life of a midwife." Leah Hazard tells all about how she found herself 'catching babies':…
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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.…