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  ELLE UK

  

  Parenting Your Way - Meet The Mothers Making Their Own Rules

  Elle - George Driver

  Breast or bottle? Internet-free or on Instagram? Maintaining tradition or mindfulness schools? Meet the women scrapping the parenting 'rulebook' to mother their way. This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing …

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  ELLE UK

  

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

  Elle - Daisy Murray

  The first stage of motherhood is arguably the scariest. While antenatal classes and obstetrician appointments prepare you for labour, who is there to tell you how petrifying it might feel to be left alone and in charge of a tiny, defenceless, gorgeous but often indescribably gross little human? This …

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  ELLE UK

  

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

  Elle - Louise Donovan

  One in five women will experience a mental health problem after giving birth. But while the ‘baby blues’ is a well-recognised phenomenon, what happens when scarier symptoms - insomnia, anxiety, delusions - start to impact your life? This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - …

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  ELLE UK

  

  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? 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 …

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  ELLE UK

  

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

  Elle - George Driver

  When your body is your job, what happens when you're pregnant? 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 …