Postnatal Depression and Anxiety in new mothers
Amanda Gordon discusses how Postnatal Depression and Anxiety can come to any new mother...
13 November, 2019
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In The Public Interest?
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...
12 November, 2019
Not Guilty – Balancing A Successful Career And Motherhood
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...
05 November, 2019
A Life Less Lived: Loss and Motherhood
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...
05 November, 2019
Breaking The Bond: Weaning
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...
23 October, 2019
Mothering In The Modern Age
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...
23 October, 2019
A Spectrum Of Understanding: Living with asparagus!
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...
16 October, 2019
Birth And Bottle Battles
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...
15 October, 2019
Germ Concerns
Parenthood brought about an elevated awareness of hygiene in Caroline Illingworth. As for non-essential germ-sharing environments, one of the biggies for me is play centres. I generally avoid these places, but have been a few times to meet friends on a rainy day, and have even...
09 October, 2019
Infant Sleep Problems
Research in a new study by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute found that it’s very common to experience difficulties with infant sleep at some point in the first year, with about 60 per cent of mothers reporting mild or fluctuating problems. But for 20 per...
07 October, 2019