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OCTOBER 2022

After she was abused by her father as a child, Jeni Haynes created 2681 personalities. This is her story.
'I sat with couples about to meet their babies.' 3 things we need to change about miscarriage care.
'For six years, me and my husband had separate rooms. Then he wrote me a letter.'
Sue Clarke hadn't heard of coercive control. Then her daughter and grandkids were killed.
'For over 50 years, my dad controlled my mum's every move. When she died, he blamed it on me.'
"The silence is deafening." The unspoken pain of stillbirth.
"I lock myself in bathrooms." Polly suffers from postnatal depression. Her child is 8.
"Don't use 'at least' statements." How to (and how not to) talk to someone who's had a miscarriage.
'I'm a victim of family violence. The perpetrator is my 14-year-old daughter.'
Chelsea had a high-flying career. After becoming a mother, she checked into a psychiatric ward.
"I felt like a fraud." The complicated grief of losing one twin.
At 36 weeks, Cathy's daughter was stillborn. This is what she wants you to know.

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