As a former secondary school teacher, motherhood not only brought with it many challenges, it also resulted in a significant career pivot. These days Stephanie Slater has swapped the textbooks for functional medicine as co-founder of Asklé - a personalised,...

‘The miracle of life’ is a sentiment that holds true for all babies, but it’s the parents on the IVF rollercoaster that understand this with every fibre of their being. Every round of hormone testing and medication, every clinic visit,...

 Olivia Mackinnon is a force of nature. A ball of energy that radiates fun and optimism, it’s hard to imagine her motherhood journey was not always sunshine and rainbows. In fact, there were times it nearly broke her spirit. In...

Lindy Rama-Ellis wears many hats, but the one she wears most proudly is that in her role as mum to four gorgeous kids: Stella (16), Rocco (14)  and Frankie (11) with ex-husband Michael Klim and Goldie (5), with property developer...

Your words matter.  If there’s one takeout from our chat with extraordinary mum of 3, Kate Green - it’s that we all have a responsibility to choose our words wisely and with care. Her youngest child is 1 year old...

Emily Smith wants you to know about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s because it’s so uncommon it doesn’t rate a mention unless you have a pre-existing heart condition - something Emily is keen to change. “You don’t think you can go into heart failure from having a baby - but I did,” she says. She wants expectant mums to be told about the disease in their obstetrician appointments as it can be triggered by stress on the body brought on by pregnancy.

My breastfeeding experience with twins was perhaps not the zen, calm, beautiful bonding opportunity I had pictured in my mind. In an antenatal class I remember being told on questioning the logistics of feeding two babies, not to worry, that boobs are smart and if there are two babies to feed, they would simply make enough milk to feed two babies. I took this on face value.

At the age of 22 when most of us were busy living for the weekend, Gabriella was grappling with issues bigger than some of us have to face in a lifetime. Having tragically lost her adored mother to Breast Cancer the year before, Gabriella - or Gabby, as she is known to her Instagram community - was processing the news that she too, carried the genetic mutation that placed her in the ‘high risk’ category for developing the same devastating disease.