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Motherhood

SEPTEMBER 2019

Up at 4:30am and no date nights: We need to talk about tag-team parenting.
'As women, we're fed a friendship myth about life after babies. For many of us, it's a complete lie.'
'I needed to find my identity again beyond "mother." That's the real reason I went back to work.'
'I thought a new baby would heal our toxic relationship. Three months later, he left us.'
Anonymum: "I love my kids, but here are 10 things I loathe about parenting."
"I've always let my son have 'mental health days', because emotional health is as important as grit."
"I feel like an imposter." Four mums on the guilt of finding motherhood easy.
Months of isolation and no visitors: Inside the newborn parenting trend of 'cocooning'.
Rhiannah has the birth story no one wants to hear. It involves a 'fourth degree tear'.
"Toilet training is... exhausting." 11 parents on what it's really like raising twins.
The 8 things all pregnant women know to be true.
4 actually useful tips for going back to work, post-baby.
'I got married and pregnant at 18 because my boyfriend said he was dying from cancer. He wasn't.'

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