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‘My hair remains unwashed, stranded forever in a lopsided mum bun’

It’s sleepless in suburbia for Hannah Louise and her husband as they try to adapt to their newborn.…

By Hannah-Louise Dunne

Rosemary Mac Cabe: failure as a parent is a new type of failure
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Failing as a parent is a new kind of failure

Failing as a parent is a new kind of failure. In the first 6 months of a new…

By Rosemary MacCabe

Rosemary MacCabe and the fourth trimester
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Fourth trimester truths: no swaddling, no sleeping, constipation (mine) and abject terror

'There is something bizarre about cutting a woman open, handing her a baby…and sending her home,' thinks Rosemary…

By Rosemary MacCabe

Rosemary Mac Cabe and her baby: Her birth plan did not go to plan
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Rosemary Mac Cabe: ‘I felt as if I failed my baby at the very first hurdle – I couldn’t even bring him into the world right’

In the early days of her pregnancy, Rosemary Mac Cabe wrote a birth plan. It’s safe to say…

By Rosemary MacCabe

Rosemary MacCabe
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Rosemary MacCabe: Here’s what I know about pregnancy, 9 months in: Absolutely nothing

With an arrival day in sight, Rosemary MacCabe had expected all her reading and accumulated knowledge would have…

By Rosemary MacCabe

pregnancy diary
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Rosemary Mac Cabe: ‘Months eight and nine have been completely taken up with two distinct emotions: panic and rage’

In the final months of her pregnancy diary, Rosemary Mac Cabe expected to be taking slow but leisurely…

By Rosemary MacCabe

Elsa Hosk nudity

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Elsa Hosk poses nude with daughter, internet blows up

Model and new mum Elsa Hosk has found herself having to defend a very harmless nude photo of…

By Sarah Finnan

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Stop asking SAHMs when we’re going back to work – we never stopped

In April this year LinkedIn finally added stay-at-home-mum to its list of official job titles. So why, asks…

By Kate White

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Mom is the loneliest number: Why we need Tinder for mums

Never underestimate the value of a good mom friend – someone you can talk about detailed sleep schedules…

By Sophie White

LIVING

Take a Brelfie this weekend to celebrate National Breastfeeding Week

This year's National Breastfeeding Week focuses on supporting new mothers who have felt isolated during the pandemic Today…

By Erin Lindsay

Back to work after maternity leave

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‘My first week back at work after maternity leave didn’t go exactly as I planned it’

"As the day drew closer, I felt ready, I felt fine. I was SO organised, how could I…

By Dominique McMullan

Ashley Graham early motherhood

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‘It’s not all rainbows’: Ashley Graham on the ‘messy’ realities of early motherhood

Ashley Graham, who gave birth to her son Isaac just a few weeks ago, has said life post-partum…

By Grace McGettigan