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BEC: Picking baby names has become way too political.

Bec - Mamamia — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:25:32 +0000

By BEC SPARROW Lord, am I in a world of trouble right now. (Middle class trouble, rather than Greece and rising debt levels trouble … just to, you know, put it in perspective). This new baby of mine is arriving in a matter of WEEKS and my husband Brad and I [read more]

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The top 5 lies women tell during pregnancy.

Sarah Megginson — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:21:23 +0000

By SARAH MEGGINSON They say that when you’re pregnant, hormones can make you a little loopy. I actually didn’t believe this was a real “thing” until I began experiencing it myself. Like just last week, I sobbed for 15 minutes when I couldn’t find my car keys. In my defence, they’ve been missing [read more]

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Emma is a gorgeous, funny 9-year-old girl. But she was born a boy.

Mamamia Team — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:27 +0000

By MAMAMIA TEAM This is Emma Hayes. Emma was born as a boy, Ronan, but when she was only five-years-old, she told her parents that she wanted to dress as a girl. She told her parents that she wanted to live as a girl. She told them she felt like a girl. That she was [read more]

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“My baby was here and she was loved and I will not hide her away.”

Nina Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:30:30 +0000

By NINA YOUNG I walk into my local shop and I cringe. The woman behind the counter smiles at me and I know what’s coming; she hasn’t seen me since before I gave birth. She asks me excitedly: “How is the baby?” I look down because I don’t want to [read more]

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KATE: “What my child would spend $100 on”

Kate Hunter — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:21:49 +0000

By KATE HUNTER. You know that fun conversation you have when there’s a big lotto draw? ‘Wow – what would I buy if I won ten million dollars?’ Would I pay off family and friends’ mortgages? Give a chunk to charity? Buy property? A swish car? Live in New York for a [read more]

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Would you like to buy a fancy pram or a small inner city apartment?

Bern Morley — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:15:38 +0000

By BERN MORLEY Wandering around a department store over the weekend I came across the baby section. Ever nostalgic for all things baby, I walked over to a pram and caressed it (an observer might even say that this looked a little creepy). That’s when I flipped the price tag over and audibly [read more]

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The age at which you officially turn into your mother.

Nat - Mamamia — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:39:32 +0000

By NATALIA HAWK Hey you. You there. Are you in your late 20s or early 30s? More specifically, are you about to hit the grand age of 31? If so – BRACE YOURSELF. Because you’re about to turn into Godzilla your mother. That’s right. It’s long been a theory/cliche that as [read more]

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IVF for older women: How old is too old to have children?

Mamamia Team — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:30:14 +0000

This week, ex-Olympian swimmer Lisa Curry announced she was trying for a baby using IVF. In an interview with New idea, the 51-year-old said she was trying for her fourth baby with her new partner, 31-year-old Joel Walkenhorst. She already has three children with her former partner Grant Kenny – Jaimi, [read more]

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“I honestly didn’t think having a baby would alter my life.”

Vanessa Waters — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:41:11 +0000

By VANESSA WATERS It might sound naïve but I didn’t think having a baby would alter life much at all. “Babies from Africa don’t cry” I lectured my husband with Mother Teresa patience. “It’s because the women carry them around in a sling and the baby feels comforted being close to the [read more]

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It’s time for a ceasefire in the so-called “Mummy Wars”.

Jo Case — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:30:31 +0000

By JO CASE When I was thirty years old, the first of my friends became pregnant. My son was seven. At last, I thought. The other mothers in my son’s schoolyard mostly left me alone: I was different. They had mortgages and talked about renovations; they swapped recipes and [read more]

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