Lockdown Mums
When the coronavirus took hold, we moved our activities online to Zoom. It’s had pros and cons. One plus is it’s enabled mothers from many different places to particpate, or …
Giving Birth
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We recently held an online sharing session, similar to ones we often run, but with a slight difference. This was a group of eight different women, all mothers, and in …
Your hospital birth bag – unofficial guide
When I gave birth nearly 13 years ago, I diligently read the lists of what essentials I needed in my hospital bag in my Emma’s Diary booklet. I’m not sure …
How to be a Good Mother
Opening my Guardian guide this morning I read with the usual sinking sense of inevitability that ‘How to be a Good Mother with Sharon Horgan’ was not going to be …