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MAY 2021

JESSIE STEPHENS: I interviewed women about their birth stories. Here's what no one told me... until now.
'Were you trying for a boy?' 7 things people say to parents of (almost) three daughters.
'My 10yo daughter Poppy was diagnosed with cancer last year. These are the 12 things I've learnt.'
"What makes you say that?" The 3 questions you can use to help connect with your kids.
"It's exhausting and all-consuming." Laura Byrne and Matty J on the pressure to be perfect parents.
'My son's soccer grading is supposed to teach him resilience. He's been sobbing all week.'
"I was totally unprepared": 19 mums on how things changed when they had a second child.
'I'm rethinking the role models I want for my kids.’
'This Mother's Day, I don't want a gift card. I want my partner to share the mental load.'
PARENT OPINION: 'If it were up to me, we would just cancel Mother's Day.'
'I tried to take a bath on Mother's Day. It didn't... end well.'
"When I realised my 8-year-old daughter had already entered puberty, I cried."
"Your newest friendships will be on steroids": 8 things nobody tells you about maternity leave.
Tammin Sursok's seven-year-old daughter hasn't been to school in 14 months.
JUSTINE CULLEN: The year I went for my dream job at Elle Magazine, I decided to have another baby.
Lydia Fairchild fell pregnant and had two babies. Years later, she was told they weren't hers.

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