On the frontlines of COVID-19
When Ashleigh Woods graduated with a nursing degree from Southern Cross University a few years ago, she knew she wanted to make a difference. What she never expected was to be on the frontlines fighting the war against coronavirus.
“My second son was born alive, but he lived for only one minute.”
One mother’s heartbreaking journey through miscarriages and stillbirth, and why she still finds reasons to be thankful.
COVID-19: Catching the last flight home
An earthquake. A phone call in the middle of the night. A four-hour drive through snow-covered roads. A plane ticket she didn’t even know if she had. Could she make it home?
Working from home with the kids? Here’s a glimmer of hope
Working mums who are now staying home with your kids, how are you doing?
My brush with COVID-19
How the pandemic affected my son’s trip to the hospital’s emergency department.
Mums: Can we really have it all?
“BRB. Just trying to excel in my career, maintain a social life, drink enough water, exercise, text people back, stay sane and be happy.”
“All the brochures said I would be happy and excited when my baby arrived. Instead, I was miserable.”
I didn’t feel love or a connection to my baby and because of this, I thought something was terribly wrong with me.
Try not to cry when you watch this moving song a mum wrote for her son
“Now you’re moving, now you’re older, you don’t need me like you used to. Now I’ll miss those long, long nights.”
“All those needles, tests, disappointments, expenses had been worth it for this day.”
Miscarriages, failed IVF treatments and emotional turmoils. Kristin sacrificed everything to have a family.
This is what being the wife of a firefighter really means
hen my husband has to go, he has to go. That means whatever plans I may have had go out the window as I’m left to deal with all the usual parenting stuff solo.
Study proves raising children in the city is difficult but these two mums wouldn’t have it any other way
Families with young children living in high-rise apartments find it harder to meet and mix with other young families, according to new Deakin University research.
