Modern Motherhood

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  Parenting Your Way - Meet The Mothers Making Their Own Rules

  Elle - George Driver

  This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. From nurseries decorated with vegan paint, to rumours of a doula and cancelling the post-birth announcement outside the Lindo Wing, as …

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  6 Mums Dish The Dirt On The Hilarious, Fun And Horribly Gross First Few Months Of Motherhood

  Elle - Daisy Murray

  This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. When you think about what the first couple of months of motherhood might be like, what springs to mind? Nappy and formula adverts would have …

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  Mothers In Crisis: Coping With Serious Mental Health Issues In The Wake Of Giving Birth

  Elle - Louise Donovan

  This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. Days after giving birth, Rachel Flynn wasn’t sleeping. For most new parents, bloodshot eyes and dazed expressions become the norm. Her baby, …

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  Treating Tokophobia: The Women Who Are Terrified Of Giving Birth

  Elle - Natasha Bird

  This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. ‘I think I always knew that I would die during childbirth,’ says Sophie. ‘I could envisage myself being pregnant. But I could never actually …

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  The Modern Motherhood Series

  Elle - Natasha Bird

  What does motherhood look like, in 2019? Certainly, it’s no longer contingent on the act of birthing a child. In a same sex partnership between two women, for example, the advent of parenthood naturally begets two mothers, irrespective of whose body grew the baby. But a single dad is also, in some …

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  ELLE UK

  

  My Pregnant Body - 3 Fitness Influencers On The Reality of Working Out Until Birth

  Elle - George Driver

  This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. 'I actually have a baby attached to my breast right now!', exclaims Simone De La Rue, a.k.a. Instagram's favourite fitness influencer and …