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Amara Finch
Jan 67 min read
In the Woods: On the Nature of New Life
The medical team waited with bated breath, listening to the piercing cries of the woman in labour, a mother unsure of her infant’s fate....
Ellie Pulze
Oct 24, 20244 min read
Yes, they’re still waking: motherhood and sleep deprivation
It’s the dreaded question; how are they sleeping? Part of me still winces inside when I hear it. Since becoming a mother almost six years...
Anna Pigott
Sep 3, 20243 min read
Red Arrows
Some thoughts on what it means to be pregnant in destructive times
Alice Braun
Jul 22, 20244 min read
On reading motherhood memoirs
Alice Braun is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Paris Nanterre, author of the book Motherhood and Creativity in...
Vanessa Beach
May 12, 20243 min read
Is there a ‘right way’ to give birth?
Birth is often presented as an empowering journey into motherhood, but mine was not.Â
Chloe Lazenby
Apr 22, 20243 min read
Matrescence and baby loss
A mother's story of losing a baby and exploring what it means to parent a child you have lost as well as a child in your arms.
Nikki Wilson interview
Jan 9, 20245 min read
I'm just going to meditate the shit out of it
Nikki Wilson is the CEO of Make Birth Better. She is passionate about social change and has direct experience of birth trauma. Make Birth...
Iesha Madden interview
Dec 11, 20233 min read
Motherhood as a Mirror: Confronting Our Inner Critic
Motherhood definitely exposed all the things about me that I needed to heal. I wasn't prepared for that.
Eftyhia Koulouris interview
Nov 20, 20235 min read
Motherhood was never meant to be done alone
I spoke with Eftyhia Koulouris of The Mother Mission about her transition to motherhood and the best and worst advice she got. Ephy's...
Beverley Pannell
Oct 25, 20236 min read
Matrescence, with Jacqueline Kelly
I interviewed Jacqueline Kelly, who coaches mums and champions the concept of matresence through her organisation: Our Brave Hearts.
Corinne Atherton
Oct 12, 20233 min read
Where are you hiding mummy?
On losing and finding your identity as a mother ‘Where are you, Mummy?’ asked my toddler son as I grabbed a few precious moments of...
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