Many women experience doubt when they return to work after maternity leave. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, reports Carina O'Brien, after returning to work herself. Take a few moments to think about how much has changed in your workplace in the...
Perinatal depression and anxiety is costing Australia $877 million annually according to a PwC (PriceWaterhouseCooper) analysis prepared for Gidget Foundation Australia and the Perinatal Mental Health Consortium. This is supported by the findings of the recent National Working Families survey undertaken by Parents at Work &...
Amanda Gordon discusses how Postnatal Depression and Anxiety can come to any new mother...
The village is most welcome to help raise her child, writes Maxine Clarke, but through practical gestures, rather than unconstructive heckling. For a few short months, I was completely content with the new-found public interest in my condition. Even a few pats on the tummy from...
Can a career mum have it all? And can we have it without the guilt? Parents At Work CEO Emma Walsh and author Nicolette Rubinsztein chat in a podcast about Nicolette’s book ‘Not Guilty – 7 Strategies for Successful Career Mums’ In this podcast and they share...
Jeanie Baxter strives to move beyond the boundaries set by the early death of her mother. This year, I am older than my mother ever was. I am living in time that she never experienced. I watch my eldest daughter move into her mid-teens and know...
Weaning can be hard for both mother and child, writes Carolyn Cooper. …by then breastfeeding was more about emotional comfort than supplying milk to a hungry child. It was like a vital force bonding my daughter and me completely – the ultimate source of comfort, warmth...
Without some of the structures of days gone by, today’s mums can feel all at sea, writes Angela Rossmanith. “The bottom line is that women want someone to listen to their needs and concerns and help them address these needs. When a midwife who knows the...
Anne-Marie LeBel gradually learns to let go of her former expectations as her family adjusts to the fact that both of her sons have autism. Mum, I think my little boy is autistic. The pain descended on me all at once, and the tears fell like...
Mandy Collins finds the judgements of other women in relation to birth and breastfeeding to be difficult to accept. I clearly remember the morning I decided to stop breastfeeding my daughter. I lay in my hospital bed, tears running down my face, terrified to tell the...
