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'My husband gifted himself a vasectomy for his 35th birthday. I wasn't ready.'

40 new mums share the one piece of parenting advice that actually helped them.

OPINION: Sorry, but doing the grocery shop without the kids is not "me-time."

"Please, stop asking the mothers."

"Maybe I am a monster." My life was perfect. Having a fourth child changed everything.

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: The 15 most annoying things non-parents say to parents.

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'For 3 years I helped raise my partner's kids. Losing them when we split up was devastating.'

'I've been married for 13 years. But to have a child right now would be morally wrong.'

'I'm a new school mum, and I need to vent about lunchboxes.'

"I was called the 'jealous, interfering' mother-in-law. Inside, I was suffering."

Linda Moctezuma

“Mum didn’t get up from bed today.” How I learnt to accept being the sick mum.

"What did you do?" My friends don’t understand my estrangement from my daughter.

OPINION: Yes, we should pay mums to care for their own kids.

"It's exploitation": Mums, please don't use your kids to promote your MLM business.

CONSTANCE HALL: This week, I heard my son say "I can't hit a girl". It made my blood boil.

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: How I just found out I'm not a strict parent.

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'Other people's parenting nearly ruined my holiday. So now I'm a half-arsed parent.'

Dr Susie O'Brien

LEIGH CAMPBELL: The 4 ways you'll feel when sending your child to childcare for the first time.

'I thought my new mum friends were what I needed. They turned out to be toxic.'

LEIGH CAMPBELL: Well-meaning parenting advice makes me feel like a bad mum.

"Our kids arrive, already who they are." What no one tells you about perfectionism and motherhood.

"The pain became a part of my life. " How I healed from the loss of my estranged daughter.

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"Please, stop asking the mothers."

"My eyes are saying 'what the actual f**k'": Every new mum has a photo like this.

Amy Schumer's C-section scar and 9 other celebs who've shown us their real post-baby bodies.

"The pain became a part of my life. " How I healed from the loss of my estranged daughter.

OPINION: 'It's time to credit the real Santa Claus: Mums.'

When Beulah gave birth to a baby girl, she'd been pregnant for more than 12 months.

Retiring from acting and becoming a mum at 47: Cameron Diaz's 30-year life in the spotlight.

“I actually got quite resentful.” Why these women had to break up with their mother's group.

'I didn't just cry, I sobbed.' A letter to the teacher who failed my son.

"I’m not sure why I never got around to having you." A letter to the baby I dreamed of but never had.

Lori Welch Brown

"I couldn’t understand why I was so resentful." Mum guilt stopped me from being a good parent.

A 15-year-old model and a future tennis star: The lives of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's kids.

Early pregnancy symptoms: 9 common signs you're pregnant (other than missing your period).

'My teeth were damaged from the vomiting.' What it's really like to be sick during pregnancy.

From discharge to body hair: A complete guide to 21 lesser-known pregnancy symptoms.

'What I learned from being vegetarian during pregnancy.'

"We wanted to become mums and our journey to parenthood was a little different to most."

"It's gross and humiliating: I'm constantly ashamed by the state of my house."

'My husband died suddenly and left me a single mum. I've since learnt 2 lessons about grief.'

Katy Perry, Emily Skye and Ashley Graham: "Post-baby bodies" look different in 2020.

Holly Wainwright

Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"

ANONYMUM: "When I saw a penis on my 20-week scan, I wailed."

"The behaviour of my friend's husband has made me uncomfortable on a few occasions."

"I just knowingly ruined a man's life, but he destroyed mine first."

A 15-year-old model and a future tennis star: The lives of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's kids.

"Stop setting the bar so low. I'm a father, not a babysitter."

'She was waking eight times a night.' Mia Freedman on how sleep school saved her as a new mum.

"My wife is the real miracle." A dad's emotional tribute, moments after the birth of his son.

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"I can't wait to hug her." 8 women share what it's like to be away from their mums in isolation.

'2020 is my daughter's final year of primary school, and we both feel ripped off.'

11 years, 3 kids and a cancer diagnosis: Michael Bublé's life with Luisana Lopilato.

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"I want to understand what he has to say." What it's like to raise a Deaf child.

Angelina Jolie's six kids aren't babies anymore. They're all grown up and we can hardly deal.

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"What if people tease him?" Sophie Cachia just voiced every school-age parent's first-day anxieties.

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Parent committees and 'nude' lunchboxes: The things I'm saying no to this school year.

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