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Motherhood

NOVEMBER 2014

"Please don't call my buddha fat."
5 things you have to do before you have kids.
To the lonely Mum trying to find a friend. You're not alone.
"Bullying that could reach you in your own home? I wasn’t prepared for this."
What it's really like being targeted by the school gate mummy mafia.
"Why I cannot condemn the mother who left her baby in a drain."
The year's catchiest song reimagined as an anthem for breast-feeders.
Forget Frozen - this toy currently has an 8-week waiting list.
"I had accepted that this is the way it would always be."
"When you try to kill your baby, you should lose your right to be called his mother"
It was either her life or that of her unborn child. So she made the ultimate sacrifice.
Halle Berry's ex is trying to make her daughter look 'white'. So she's suing him.
Parents, there’s something you need to know about the 'sex talk'.
Famous actress Cate Blanchett says she's getting bullied by mums at the school gate.
"I'm just going to say it: Santa is creepy."
Can you really love your second child as much as your first?
This is what happens when kids try to write their own jokes.
Beautiful news for this Australian Olympian.
Let's celebrate a little fighter: Against all odds, the baby dumped in a drain has survived.
Sex in the delivery room: Yes it happens, and more regularly than you'd think.
"I regularly invade my teenager's privacy. And there isn't anything wrong with it."
"I'm 33 and childless: what should I do?"
MM baby news: One of our own is pregnant!
Frustrated mum invents awesome app, wins parenthood.
Expecting a boy? Here are 6 things that freaked out new mums.
"I'm proud to say I'm the perfect mother and I have the perfect family."
This woman with HIV is one tough mudder.
10 reasons why I won't give my child alcohol for Schoolies.
21 things no one told us about being a Stay At Home Mum.
The terrifying post-pregnancy condition nobody's talking about.
'"You have to be that perfect, happy mother. The reality is, it's not always like that."
7 ways to unspoil your kids this holiday season.
Captivating: 911 operator talks an ordinary woman through delivering her sister's baby.
"To my daughter, about her birthmark."
The seven-letter word women are using to torture themselves.
This vegan mum has been accused of child neglect.
Her daughter asked her a question, and it had this mum completely stumped.
The 9 best excuses to stay at home with wine and friends.
For seven years this couple tried to have a baby. She found out she was pregnant the eve of his funeral.
The woman who Photoshopped herself into all her mum's memories.
They said she was too old for a bikini. Her response makes us want to fist pump.
He didn't know what to get his wife for her birthday. So he asked the Internet. The response is beautiful.
6 tricks to teaching your kid to tell the time.
You need to see the Christian film version of Fifty Shades of Grey.
There’s a Facebook for mums and you should probably (definitely) be on it.
Would you put your child in a 24-hour day care?
Today is the day you need to hear Freya's story.
Carrie Bickmore brings the honesty to pregnancy. You know what? Sometimes, it sucks.
Is drinking while pregnant about to become illegal?
What did our Happiness Survey have to say about you?
The 18 most awkward questions ever asked by kids.
Why this mum is defending Kim Kardashian's nude photoshoot.
You'll never guess which actor has recorded the sequel to 'Go The F##K To Sleep'.
8 signs of pregnancy before a missed period.
Nice try, but even sex toys can't make a visit to a kids' indoor play centre fun.
Drew Barrymore says her priorities have changed since becoming a mum.
OPINION: "I'm not sorry that you might have to talk to your kids about condoms today."
OPINION: "Don't judge me for wanting to get pregnant with another family's baby".
NEWS: A reporter reportedly asked her to put on lipstick. What she did next made us cheer.
OPINION: "I do not assault my children's hair by brushing it"
Do our children really need to know they resulted from IVF?
11 things we've learnt in 8 years of parenting.
"How nine days alone with my newborn daughter nearly killed me."
Had a tough week? This will make you feel SO much better.
FLUFF: Rachel Bilson just had a baby. Gave it a very Hollywood name.
OPINION: "She says she killed her son. But this woman is not a monster."
FLUFF: Kelly Rowland has had Destiny's child. Well, a baby.
Are you the 'Default Parent'?
The graduation photo that had us grinning from ear to ear.
"My husband has fallen in love with another girl."
She had his baby and THEN they met. A very different kind of Australian love story.
"No tiaras. No tutus. The daughter I will never have."
The 6 truths about running after having a baby.

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