Motherhood

'I've been stay-at-home mum for 5 years. I felt judged when my friend told me to go back to work.'

'What having my 3 babies 11 years apart taught me about mum guilt.'

'Six months after having my second baby, I was overcome with rage.'

'Loneliness, overwhelm, boredom: Being a mum looks different in 2021.'

Joanna Lamb Hilbert

PARENT OPINION: 'What I learned about preserving memories from my parents.’

'I was waiting for a man to have a baby with. Then at 40, I decided to do it on my own.'

Billi Fitzsimons

'As a struggling new mum, I hit rock bottom. This is what happened when I finally asked for help.'

'I never had trouble getting job interviews. Then I discovered "The Mummy Gap".'

"Setting boundaries and saying 'no' makes me angry, so I now have a 'yes' list."

'They say it takes a village to raise a baby. But my phone is eerily silent.'

Rachel O'Connor

'A pair of Kmart knickers changed everything about how I see my post-baby body.'

Heather Leonard

Why the day after Mother's Day is often the hardest.

8 high-profile Australian mums on what they were never told about motherhood.

Billi Fitzsimons

An ode to 'Other Mothers', because for some of us, it wasn’t our mothers who raised us.

'This Mother's Day, I don't want a gift card. I want my partner to share the mental load.'

'Last Mother's Day, I was about to call my mum. Then my dad phoned.'

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