Motherhood
After three days with my family, I feel my childhood self returning. Why does this happen?
I found myself going quiet, retreating into my chair. The crushingly shy, passive version of myself I’d long thrown off was threatening to reappear.
- Anna Snoekstra
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‘I don’t have a tap-out button’: Alone Australia’s Corinne on her journey to motherhood
During her 70 days in the Tasmanian wilderness, Corinne Ooms worried her plans to have a baby would not eventuate.
- Robyn Willis
- Opinion
- Sunday Life
Teaching your teenager to drive is terrifying (for more reasons than the obvious ones)
As I hold on – white-knuckle to the door handle and my emotions – I remember that this is just another milestone.
- Jo Stanley
- Dicey Topics
- Good Weekend
Jana Pittman on being a trainee obstetrician and raising six children on her own
The two-time world champion athlete – and mother of six – on her new life as a trainee in obstetrics and gynaecology.
- Benjamin Law
‘Are my parents really my parents?’ Judith’s search for answers took an unlikely turn
What happens when you’re searching for the truth but those who have the answers have passed? A new documentary takes a radical approach.
- Lauren Ironmonger
If I could interview Donald Trump, this is what I’d ask him
Writer Molly Jong-Fast was born into a writing dynasty. She followed her parents’ footsteps, except for one thing.
- Robyn Doreian
I had a troubled childhood. This is the question I am asked the most
If I’d been removed from my mother’s care permanently from the start, would my life have turned out differently?
- Rosie Waterland
- Two of Us
- Good Weekend
Clara had two reasons not to date soccer star Katrina Gorry – now they’re engaged
When Swedish striker Clara Markstedt met the Australian in 2022, the Matilda midfielder was a new mum. The couple have since had another child.
- Konrad Marshall
- Opinion
- Opinion
‘I can hear my mum, feel her, and there are moments when I cry out in my heart’
The tears still come for my beautiful, smart, wise mum who we lost last September. Huge raindrop tears. I don’t know when they’ll ever stop.
- Nicole Kidman
Alicia marks first Mother’s Day with tiny fan of the greatest team of all
Baby Heath burst into the world as the rousing Geelong Cats theme song blared in the birthing suite. It was a surreal moment for his Brunswick mum – one of thousands celebrating motherhood for the first time.
- Melissa Cunningham
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