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Greetings y’all.

Welcome to best and worst. It’s the post that’s been going almost as long as Mamamia itself and for a lot of our readers (some of the MM team included) it’s the stand out post of the week.

We like to think of this post as a community notice board – the place where you come and tell us what’s happening in your world. Sometimes there’s a problem. Sometimes there’s a funny story. Sometimes there’s even a delicious recipe or two (hint, hint.)

You can also use the post as an opportunity to ask Team Mamamia a question or make a suggestion for a post you’d like to see.

Here are our best and worst:

Best: Our wonderful contributing editor Bec Sparrow is abandoning Mamamia’s official Adelaide offices (i.e. Bec’s dining room table) for our Sydney Headquarters next week and coming to visit us.

We’re pretty excited. Karaoke is on the cards. Bec thinks we’re joking – but we’re not.

Worst: Did you know that 1000 Australian parents are diagnosed with post and ante natal depression every week? We were shocked too and saddened to hear how so many of Mamamia’s readers have suffered not only with the illness but the stigma that can come with it.

This week was Post and Ante Natal Depression Week and to raise awareness of the issues we ran two posts – one was from a mother named Lisa who suffered from PND after the birth of her twin daughters. The other was from her husband Matt. Matt wrote about what it was like to be living with Lisa and caring for their daughter while she went through PND.

The posts are heartbreaking but give a rare insight into these parents’ lives at a truly difficult time. They are must-reads.

Over to you now – what’s been the best bit of your week? What’s been the worst? And what’s on your mind?

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Top Comments

Sydgel 11 years ago

Hi all, does anyone remember that American woman who wrote a book about how her husband one day said he didn’t want to be married anymore but she just stayed calm and let him have his freedom and eventually he sorted himself out and stayed in the marriage?

I think there was a story about it on here……

I really want to tell my friend about the book as she is going thru the exact same thing, poor thing. Thanks!


Anon with two lines too 11 years ago

Love how we can come on here to declare the news - such a nice feeling to get it out - I am struggling with friends and fam! Good luck and hope you are feeling well.