Pregnancy

Maternity Leave. Let’s go. Ding ding!

This morning I found myself shouting at my radio. This doesn't happen very often but in my defence, I was provoked. The target of my shouting was federal Labor minister... [read more]

You’re pregnant. Do you tell your prospective boss?

Discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace is a lot more common than you would think in 2010. More contentious still is the  prospect of being in the... [read more]

She broadcast her abortion on Twitter and Youtube

Fasten your seatbelts people but don't rush to comment until you've read the whole post. Yes, I know it's tempting. When I first read the headlines about a Florida... [read more]

Her husband wants a vasectomy.

In my latest Ask Mia video when I encouraged you to 'ask me anything!', some people took me quite literally and asked me very personal questions about THEIR OWN... [read more]

Body envy.

Thank heavens I’m not a straight man. Because then I might have to spend my life in intimate relationships with women and lord knows, sometimes we are nuts. I’ll... [read more]

The egg timer test. Would you take it? And then what?

You spend a lot of time in your teens, twenties and even early thirties trying not to fall pregnant. And then, when you're ready to get knocked up, it often... [read more]

Group Therapy: ‘I’m too traumatised to give birth again’

Melissa* writes I am the mother of two gorgeous boys aged 2.5 and 1. I was always petrified of childbirth but really wanted a baby. When I fell pregnant the... [read more]

Only children. Is one really the loneliest number?

When you're a kid, you plan how many kids you're going to have (or was that just me?). Then life comes along and gets in the way and your intentions suddenly seem... [read more]

When does IVF become an addiction?

Much has been discussed about IVF on this website. I have not had it myself but I have come thisclose. I certainly have experienced the desperation of wanting... [read more]

GUEST POST: Why isn’t it easier to adopt a child?

There are more than 140 million children in the world who are living without parents. There is no way to accurately measure the number of childless couples and... [read more]