Birth

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

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Birth stories: ‘At 4am I begged the midwives to call me and my newborn a taxi home’

Nobody tells you that the birth of your child will turn you from your usual smiling-at-strangers self to…

By Amanda Cassidy

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Ireland isn’t caring for its new mothers. We need change.

Postpartum care in Ireland has a long way to go, both in terms of healthcare and attitudes within…

By Dominique McMullan

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What to get a new mom this Christmas

You want to buy something a new mom wouldn't buy herself but don't want to clog their house…

By Lauren Heskin

AGENDA

Millie Mackintosh gets candid about her c-section and recovery experience

Currently pregnant with her second child, former ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh got real with followers about…

By Sarah Finnan

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Rosemary MacCabe: ‘Not enough people talk about how frightening and isolating pregnancy can be’

By Rosemary MacCabe

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Gender disappointment: ‘I started avoiding friends who gave birth to baby girls because I was insanely jealous’

 So your heart was set on a boy (or a girl) but genetics decided otherwise. We speak to…

By Amanda Cassidy

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New Zealand has approved paid leave after miscarriage. Here’s other ways to help someone who has suffered reproductive trauma

The journey to parenthood can be traumatic. From fertility issues to miscarriage, loss, birth trauma and postpartum difficulties,…

By Lucianne Hughes

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Life-changing stories: ‘I work in the Rotunda performing C-sections on Covid patients’

Dr. Niamh Daly is a consultant and senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Rotunda and the…

By Amanda Cassidy

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Giving Baby Boxes to all new parents will give Irish children a fair start

Neale Richmond is a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin Rathdown Constituency. He is campaigning to level the…

By IMAGE

EDITORIAL

My birth story: ‘The midwife offered no support. I was terrified’

Each year tens of thousands of women go through a traumatic birth experience which can have a long-lasting…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

‘A woman in a hospital nightgown is wandering the corridor outside the Labour Ward… She is looking for something she has lost: her baby’

In her new book, author, journalist and founder of the Positive Birth Movement Milli Hill writes about the…

By IMAGE