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PARENTHOOD

10 things to ask the midwife before you leave the hospital with your newborn

You’ve just had a baby, now what? As well as being the most joyful time in your life,…

By Amanda Cassidy

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Enter for your chance to win a lovely children's bundle from 'The Maia Collection', worth €300.Ask any mum…

By Shayna Sappington

SELF

Why are so many mothers in discomfort, even months after giving birth?

Solicitor Niamh Ní Mhurchu speaks to us about the inadequate care for new mums especially those with post-birth…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

This is what no one tells you about being pregnant at Christmas

Ah, the holiday season. The most wonderful time of the year, people will tell you. Those people probably…

By Amanda Cassidy

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SELF

Does fertility ‘fall off a cliff’ as you enter your fifth decade?

The number of women having children later in life is on the rise and advances in fertility treatment…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

‘We were terrified of what was to come’: Dad opens up about his daughter’s birth

Radiographer, Aoife McCarthy was just 31 weeks pregnant, attending CUMH for an Anti-D injection this time last year…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

The truth about motherhood: ‘I had to recalibrate myself from the care-free version of myself’

How you describe yourself pre- and post-baby might be different for everyone, but there is no doubt that…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

‘You don’t look pregnant’: Why does everyone have an opinion on your baby bump?

There is nothing as magnetic as a pregnant belly. The psychology behind it relates to our deeply-seated need…

By Amanda Cassidy

baby name

SELF

What She Said: The closely kept secret of a new baby name

IMAGE.ie columnist Caroline Foran explores the significance and politics of choosing a name.What’s in a name? A lot,…

By Caroline Foran

PARENTHOOD

Childbirth: Is ignorance ever bliss?

A friend of mine is pregnant. And she's terrified. Her fear is based on the unknown - she…

By Amanda Cassidy

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PARENTHOOD

Trust me. You don’t need that for your baby

Push presents, baby moons, cribs that rotate, NAPPY BINS. As the list for what baby "needs" grows ever…

By Amanda Cassidy

PARENTHOOD

‘He spotted his friends and let go. All that was left was a gap of air and space and the empty imprint of a little boy hand’

A mother's heart swells, breaks, and lurches a thousand times a day. Amanda Cassidy writes about the devastating…

By Amanda Cassidy

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