Motherhood
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Parenting
As the child of immigrants, I feel a loss for experiences my son will never have
I knew my partner and I were on the same page about raising children, but I didn’t anticipate the impossibility of giving my son full access to my culture and the opportunity to embrace his heritage.
- by Zoya Patel
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Parenting
I lie to my kids and they lie to me. Some secrets need keeping
When I lied to my parents, I genuinely thought they believed me. These days we laugh about it, but it was an important rite of passage.
- by Nova Weetman
The common condition that can cause too much shame to be named
Incontinence affects everything from sex lives to sport participation and self-image. Yet research reveals it is rarely discussed and many go without treatment.
- by Wendy Tuohy
‘I was pregnant when I decided to aim for the Olympics. I wasn’t done yet’
It’s Keesja Gofers’s third time competing at the Olympics, but her first as a mother. She’s not alone in her belief that parenthood has made her a better athlete.
- by Jane Rocca
Cuddles on a schedule: Olympic village nursery allows visits from bubs
Athletes will be able to schedule time for their children to visit the Olympic Village Nursery for the first time in the games’ history.
- by Amber Schultz
Opinion
Parenting
It’s not selfish not to want kids. It’s selfish to have them
I’ve had three babies and none were born of an act of altruism. Every time I had a child I did so for me.
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
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Is my biological clock faulty, or is motherhood just not for me?
It’s not that I hate kids. I just don’t want one of my own.
- by Genevieve Novak
No, severe morning sickness is not ‘harmless’ or ‘normal’
Now that researchers understand the cause of the ailment, some are working to eradicate it.
- by Sarah Berry
When Taylah learnt she was having quads, she received a DM from a stranger
When members of multiple birth clubs learn a local family is joining them in the chaos of having twins, triplets or even more new arrivals, they mobilise.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Sunday Life
A letter to my sister before the arrival of her first baby
Motherhood is overwhelming in its abundance – an abundance of love so powerful it can break down doors and an abundance of fear that any number of things could go wrong.
- by Jamila Rizvi
The women trying to end the censorship of postpartum bodies
Pregnant bodies have been in the spotlight, thanks to celebrities such as Rihanna, but postpartum figures have yet to experience the same treatment.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
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