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Victoria Devine had preecalmpsia during the last trimester of her pregnancy and was trolled on social media.

Taylor Swift helped me through one of the toughest times of my life

My pregnancy was not an easy one, but there were some days of magic – including three glorious hours singing at the top of my lungs with some of my closest girlfriends (and 96,000 others) to Taylor Swift.

  • Victoria Devine

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My ‘dirty little secret’ gave me an award-winning career

Why do people think it’s only of interest to those of dodgy morality and low IQ?

  • Wendy James

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

  • Cherie Gilmour
Kate Halfpenny and her son Jack.

Discovering that motherhood has a strange way of stretching love

Outside, the city was baking, but my world had just narrowed and widened to just my boy.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Mother and child doing well: Bethany Williams with her daughter.

Instagram almost shamed me into refusing pain relief in childbirth

Social media algorithms told me that I had to give birth at home, without drugs. But my baby didn’t care about the influencers’ rules around childbirth.

  • Bethany Williams
Is white the best colour for a baby?

This beige generation (or is it vanilla?) is throwing out the baby joy

A friend who bought pink clothes for her grandchild was told thanks, but no thanks. Are we becoming too precious about babywear?

  • Claire Heaney
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A rolling GIF of artist’s impressions for the new Rouse Hill hospital, which is due to open around 2029.

This hospital will cost $700 million. There’ll be nowhere to have a baby

Locals in the Hills Shire were furious to discover that, when their new hospital eventually opens, it won’t have a birthing suite.

  • Angus Thomson
WA Premier Roger Cook and Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson have signed a letter of intent with a joint venture that plans to build Perth’s new women’s and babies’ hospital.

Cook government moves to lock in builders for new women’s and babies’ hospital before March poll

The location for the replacement of the ageing King Edward Memorial Hospital is shaping as a key election battle.

  • Hamish Hastie
Victorians have been warned that this year’s bushfire season could be similar to the Black Summer of 2019-20.

Bracing for a bad bushfire season, this year I’m packing two emergency kits

For some people, mementos may be considered “stuff” – unimportant, unnecessary and replaceable. For others like me, these items are the opposite.

  • Shona Hendley
Melissa Coburn

Our twins are suddenly grown-ups. My own transition from school will be much harder

Thirteen years is a long time at school – and that goes for the parents, too. But there will be life after school.

  • Melissa Coburn

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/motherhood-jls