nipples

There's Nothing Scandalous About Little Girls Going Topless

Next we'll be requiring children to wear swimsuits in the bathtub. Which, as an *almost* never-nude, I'm actually totally okay with. (Joke!)
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Issues, nipples, sexuality, children, puritans, i was such a weird child

Mar 27, 2013 at 3:00pm | 0 comments

pregnancy

It Happened To Me: I've Had Five Miscarriages

I had five miscarriages by the time I was 39 years old. I think with six you get an egg roll.
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Issues, pregnancy, children, miscarriage

Jan 17, 2013 at 10:00am | 2 comments

children

My Dog is More Time-Consuming Than My Baby

One of our favourite pieces from earlier this year... "Just to give you an idea of what I’m dealing with, as I sat down to write this my dog threw up. Twice. Then my daughter wiped his dribbling saliva and put it in her mouth. Welcome to my life..."
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Issues, children, dogs, my dog is more time consuming than my baby, pets

Dec 28, 2012 at 4:00pm | 12 comments

god

How Do You Explain God To A Three Year Old?

When you eject a baby from your belly, they don’t come with a handbook, which means bringing up a kid is mostly guesswork. Particularly when she's having an existential crisis.
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Family Drama, god, Jewish, parenting, children

Dec 27, 2012 at 10:00am | 7 comments

childfree

How About We All Stop Asking Invasive Questions About Why People Do/Don't Have Children?

If everyone could just mind their own damned business when it came to who has kids and who doesn’t, we’d all be happier people. Trust me on this one, people.
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Issues, childfree, childless, children, parenting, mind your own beeswax

Dec 21, 2012 at 10:00am | 3 comments

 
children

25! Pregnant! Dumped! - the afterbirth

I returned to London when Gabe was five months old and it was then that Dan opted out of Gabe's life, leaving me a letter that labelled me a disappointment to him, and Gabe too painful a reminder of what a fuckup he was.
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Relationships, children, pregnancy, sex, single mother, veronica's diaries

Sep 11, 2012 at 10:50am | 16 comments

children

The truth about parenting

Before I had a baby, I was lazy, self-involved and never wanted to do anything but watch TV. So this is one of those positive motherhood stories about how dirty nappies helped to make me a better person...
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Issues, children, parenting, pregnancy, the truth about parenting

Jul 31, 2012 at 2:00pm | 8 comments

children

Infertility is a bitch

So pull up a chair and let me tell you why...
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Healthy, children, infertility, ivf, pregnancy

Jul 25, 2012 at 2:30pm | 56 comments

children

I don’t really know how I feel about IVF

...and I need your advice!
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Issues, children, fertility, health, ivf

Jul 16, 2012 at 1:01pm | 118 comments

children

It happened to me: right now, I’m miscarrying a baby

This was originally going to be a story about how the book 50 Shades of Grey got me pregnant. Sadly, it’s now about something completely different.
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It Happened To Me, children, miscarriage, pregnancy

Jul 10, 2012 at 5:04pm | 22 comments

children

It happened to me: I'm a step mum to three kids, and I love it

Would you marry someone who already had children with someone else?
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It Happened To Me, children, relationships, stepchildren

Jul 6, 2012 at 11:20am | 129 comments

babies

What makes a decent parent? And how do you know if you'd be one?

And how do you know that you're actually going to like your child???
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Issues, babies, children, parenting

Jun 29, 2012 at 11:42am | 61 comments