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SELF

‘All my friends have kids, and it feels like we’re running out of things to talk about’

I’m the only child-free friend in my social circle. My friends are still the centre of my universe.…

By Victoria Stokes

Becoming a mother in your 40s
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Let’s not shame women who want to have a baby in their 40s, for ‘geriatric’ pregnancies, for choosing to wait

Mairead Heffron: 'I was well into the category of older mother when I had my boys. Once it…

By Mairead Heffron

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‘It’s a battle to get the kids out the door. I feel exhausted and fundamentally flawed as a parent’

Bethan O’Riordan is a psychotherapist with over 15 years experience. She is also a mum of three -…

By Bethan ORiordan