We tried to plan things didn’t we? We talked about whether we’d have kids before we got married and we agreed we’d at least have two (we’d see about a third when we got there). I made it clear that life with me meant kids and I remember you saying “I know, I know...

Support networks are hugely important for everyone and especially, in my opinion, for parents raising small children. We are the ones living chaotic lives on broken sleep and chronic sleep deprivation is a major contributor to post-natal depression. There seems to be...

The more I observe, listen and open my heart to mothers in my community, the more I’ve come to realise that we seem to be walking on a tightrope called ‘coping’. It’s gotten to the point where if we’ve made it through a day without yelling, threatening or feeling like...

I've seen a few post-birth pictures and I've been totally blown away by how radiant and glowing some of the women look. That's not my reality. This is me after the birth of my second. I strained a smile as I came to grips with my new reality and tried to recover from...

Sometimes I have days when I fantasise about packing my family’s things and going away to live in the secluded wilderness, escaping from modern life.  It’s a terrible idea in reality because I struggle with camping at an overpriced and over equipped camping ground but...

I’m Bronwyn Bay and I cry randomly. So? You might think. Lots of women are emotional, sensitive and hormonal at times, we all cry now and then. Yeah…..that’s not what I’m talking about. One day when I was working as an admin, a couple of the office ladies began...