My stepdaughter has moved back in with her baby and doesn’t lift a finger to help. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My stepdaughter, who has lived with us for 11 years, returned home after flunking out of college in her first year. She found work…
My daughter, who has depression, is considering IVF to become a single mother. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My daughter is in her early 40s, a senior manager in the public sector working long hours. She would have really liked to have…
Should I go back to work or stay home and look after my toddler?
Dear Annalisa I’m on a career break from my job, looking after my two-year-old son – it is due to end in late March. I’m 34…
Since I came out as gay, my mother hasn’t spoken to me. The Guardian
Nearly three years ago, in my mid-30s, I came out as gay to my mother. She is very religious and I knew what her reaction would…
I got wildly conflicting breastfeeding advice from 12 midwives. The Guardian.
It was nearly 10 years ago when I had my first child, put her to the breast and discovered it wasn’t going to be as easy…
This sat nav of the labour ward is driving us the wrong way. The Guardian.
When I gave birth to my first child in 2003, I was as prepared as I could be: positions, breathing, birth plan. What I hadn’t accounted…
Waiting for baby. New Statesman.
I am not alone. In my tummy, curled up and waiting for a moment to unfurl and press the exit button, is a baby. If being…
When breast is worst. Published in The Guardian
For 17 years I had been the owner of a fine pair of breasts that were, in Starbucks talk, grande. So when I became pregnant and…
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