Friday 24 June, 2022
New mother Patrice Hosford is asking the government to improve the leave entitlements currently available to new parents.
Are you sober-curious? It can be hard to say no to drink but my life is so much better without it, writes Elaine Benson.
The simulator is used by RCSI medical students to prepare them for the real-life labour ward.
Actress Sarah Carroll held off on expanding her family because of her job – but writes about how she eventually managed to make it work.
I can’t and won’t hide the fact that I find being Mum really tough, writes Geraldine Walsh
Actor and playwright Christiane O’Mahony wonders if seahorses have the right idea about how to live.
Kilkenny’s Anne Dalton is facing into an All-Ireland semi-final today after becoming a mother two weeks ago.
I will never forget the sound of my waters breaking, writes Jessica O’Neill.
Gestational surrogacy was legalised in Portugal in 2016.
A new study analysed the rates of drinking during pregnancy by linking them with a condition caused by alcohol consumption.
The Scottish First Minister said she wanted to challenge assumptions and judgements that are made about women who don’t have children.
Sammy Wilson is against mothers breastfeeding their children in the House of Commons.
Being a working mother is a crash course in muddling through, writes Sharon Mannion.
The fact it’s just on the subscriber issue has led to some complaints.
Whether it’s standards, expectations, or good old-fashioned Irish Catholic guilt, most parents are guilty of putting their kids’ needs ahead of their own.
Postnatal depression affected me so badly I couldn’t leave the house, but I reached out for help – and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
Dil Wickremasinghe, since she has become pregnant, has found the maternity system is fraught with fear and discourages women from making decisions about the birthing process.
A major new study of almost 3,500 children has found some interesting results about breastfeeding.
Nowadays it’s seen as quite normal to have kids in your late 30s… but many women still want to start a family earlier.
The question of women who are pregnant or parenting in prison is a complex one – and their number is rising.
Freeze in haste, repent at leisure?
‘Having it all’ can really mean ‘doing it all’ – and that’s just plain exhausting. So don’t put so much pressure on yourself.
One of the things I love about the summer holidays is the fact that there are no rules – we are at nobody else’s beck and call.
Literally tens of thousands of women out there must find themselves in a similar predicament to my own. Yet I have never seen or heard it openly discussed. Ever.
The ‘glass ceiling’ is less to do with being a woman and more to do with having to care for small children.
Nothing prepared me for how the birth of my own children would mercilessly rip the scab off the wound that my mother’s death had left behind. In that way, I could relate to the late Peaches Geldof, writes Claire Micks.
Guilt may not be the defining emotion of motherhood but it is certainly one of the most consistent, writes Emily Hourican.
Should I stay at home with my baby or go back to work? There’s no ‘right’ answer, writes Ann Marie O’Sullivan.
(… and guess how that worked out)
Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked Minister Burton about the new maternity benefit rate being brought in under Budget 2014.
Throughout the eventful months of pregnancy, and amid all the changes a new baby brings, one question can remain the hardest to answer: “Will you be returning to work?”, writes Sarah Crown.
A new OECD report shows that the gender pay gap in Ireland widens as women have children.
Caroline and Niall O’Flaherty had a daughter by a surrogate mother in India. Here, Caroline recalls the moment they met her.
Lunches, lessons and other adventures – Deborah McCarthy gives some advice to her young son as he sets off.
Valuing a ‘career’ over full-time parenting might be well-meaning, but it takes away everyone’s right to decide, writes Kate Katharina Ferguson.
If a woman chooses to breastfeed her child, should she do so in public? Let us know what you think.
Be nice, never put your hand in anyone else’s pocket – and get out of a car with your dignity intact: just some of the life lessons from Irish mammies.
RTÉ host Miriam O’Callaghan goes on TV3′s Midday programme to clarify her stance on working as a mother.
A new demographic report from the EU’s statistics body shows that Ireland’s mums have more children than anyone else.
While survey shows that 8 out of 10 women believe their partner is their greatest support in childcare, many say they get less than one hour a day to themselves.
