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Hello, third trimester! And hello searing back pain, the inability to pick things up from the floor, raging hunger followed shortly by...

I don't know why it has taken me so long to fully realise, but I am definitely a misfit. Maybe it has just become more pronounced as I...

It really is a minefield being a woman. I bang on about these things a lot, I know, but I won't apologise. I believe these issues should...

As I write, I am 24 weeks 3 days pregnant. I have now been growing a human inside of me for over SIX MONTHS. Its amazing, and hard, but...

Devoted wife, mother, our Nanny, My lovely memories of you are many A strong, kind woman who got things done Always making and mending...

In July my husband and I started trying for our first child. For me it was a long time coming, but we had an agreement and a rough plan...

That old Ruth Burke quote ‘only boring people get bored’ plays on my mind a lot. I mean, not a lot, but I think on it pretty regularly. I...

One of the most persistently frustrating things about being a woman is the way in which everything eventually comes down to appearance....

Writers write. So write. I have a mid-year resolution – I will be writing. Yes, yes, I know what you are thinking: you already write,...

There are some parts of the Middle East that are almost indistinguishable from Europe. A huge Western ex-pat community, and the shops,...