# Motherhood
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Physios: Incontinence, piles and painful sex - issues new mothers face that no one talks about
Eimear Lynch and Aoife Harvey
2 Jul 2023
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Parenting: 'Learning the art of resting was a gamechanger for me'
Margaret Lynch
6 May 2023
16.2k
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Opinion: Women in work face extra challenges that men do not experience
Dr Emma Howard
8 Mar 2023
13.6k
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Author: 'Nobody told me about the loneliness that comes with having a new baby'
Andrea Mara
3 Aug 2022
25.4k
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Opinion: Maternity leave in lockdown was no picnic, so please don't forget new parents
Patrice Hosford
17 Jul 2020
31.8k
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Opinion: Staying sober is really hard but life without booze is magic
Elaine Benson
16 Jun 2019
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lucina
RTÉ received 31 complaints about a mannequin giving birth on the Late Late Show
13 May 2019
97.3k
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Opinion: 'I wanted to pursue my acting dreams - but having kids was a huge risk. What should I do?'
Sarah Carroll
13 Apr 2019
23.3k
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'Your 30s are a tricky time for women. The biological and social pressures to conform are immense'
Christiane O'Mahony
19 Sep 2018
30.1k
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Motherhood
'I don't turn off from camogie but now, there’s something else there that’s more important'
18 Aug 2018
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My unplanned homebirth: 'You can’t help but think "what if?"'
Jessica O'Neill
29 Apr 2018
29.9k
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Alcohol Abuse
Ireland has the worst rates in the world for drinking during pregnancy
17 Jan 2017
17.9k
46
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My reality as a working mother: Anxiety, guilt, baby wipes and coffee
Sharon Mannion
17 Apr 2016
1.5k
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Australia
There was controversy over this breastfeeding magazine cover - but not why you think
22 May 2015
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Am I alone in Mummy Martyr stakes? (Why are parents so bad at looking after themselves?)
Claire Micks
14 Apr 2015
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'I had the family I had always dreamed of, but I was plagued with self-loathing'
Elena Rafferty
13 Apr 2015
290
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'Ireland over-medicalises birth - and it is terrifying mothers-to-be'
Dil Wickremasinghe
8 Apr 2015
3.3k
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feeding time
The longer kids are breastfed for, the more they earn when they start working
18 Mar 2015
18.4k
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Opinion: The 'frozen eggs' debate is really a societal issue – don't vilify corporations over it
Claire Micks
25 Oct 2014
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Opinion: What happens when a pregnant woman or nursing mother gets sent to jail?
Dr. Mary Rogan
21 Oct 2014
8.2k
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Opinion: 'Egg freeze' offer is putting a metaphorical gun to young women’s heads
Carol Redmond
16 Oct 2014
139
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Motherhood and Work: 'I accept that I'll never be Superwoman – I'll be Mediocre Mum'
Claire Micks
7 Aug 2014
249
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Opinion: Struggling to entertain the kids over the summer holidays?
Aisling Lyons
21 Jul 2014
657
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Opinion: Post Natal Depression – should it discourage you from ‘going again’?
Anonymous
9 Jul 2014
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Column: Is there really a glass ceiling for women in the workplace – or is it just for mothers?
Andrea Mara
17 Apr 2014
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Voices
Column: Peaches and Paula – a mum without a mum and a photograph that spoke a thousand words.
Claire Micks
12 Apr 2014
753
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Column: Baby v Career – how to pick a path through the minefield of working motherhood
Sarah Crown
29 Sep 2013
57
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Column: ‘I will miss you’ – a mum writes to her son starting school
Deborah McCarthy
31 Aug 2012
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