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Coping With Pregnancy After Termination For Medical Reasons
Nearly a year after terminating my pregnancy at 20 weeks, I’m now six months pregnant and hoping to welcome a baby in around three months’ time. The course between the two experiences hasn’t been plain sailing and I wanted to write this piece to firstly give anyone who wants to…
My Experience of Termination For Medical Reasons: Loss Awareness Week 2020
TRIGGER WARNING: For those experiencing prenatal anxiety, this piece covers a termination due to results of a pregnancy scan and may trigger anxiety. For anyone struggling with worries about the health of their child during their pregnancy, don’t feel you have to hide it, here are some suggestions from MIND…
The Fourth Trimester Series: BIRTH
Sharing your birth story has almost become a rite of new motherhood passage, with both film and photography becoming pretty normal delivery room add on. And while there is plenty to say about, for me personally and for many other mums I’ve since met and spoken to, your little one’s…
The Fourth Trimester Series: FEEDING
You’ve been through the birth, got your bundle of joy home and are looking forward to getting to know each other. But, for many women, the ‘bubble’ of newborn bliss isn’t quite the glowy fantasy they had imagined with feeding challenges consuming the whole experience. Struggling with both the physical,…
I Didn’t Know About Prenatal Anxiety—Until It Happened to Me
First published on MyDomaine.com HERE, this account of my pregnancy experience addresses the little-discussed challenge of pre-natal anxiety and the impact it can have on your happiness, mental health and pre-birth preparation. When you’re unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, your evening dreams and daytime reveries are often occupied with imagining…
Rejina Pyo on Being Broke, Nearly Closing Her Label & Not Taking Maternity Leave
One of the most talented emerging names on the London Fashion Week scene, Korean-born, St Martins-trained designer Rejina Pyo has become both a retail and street style superstar. But building a brand rarely translates into overnight success and often the years of graft are edited out of the story. Here…
Two Trimesters Of Getting Dressed & What I’ve Learnt
It’s not news that dressing a bourgeoning bump can be a challenge—grappling with a constantly changing body shape which goes through random growth spurts over the nine months of pregnancy is clearly no cakewalk. However, you don’t need to entirely ditch your personal style just because you’ve got a little…
Infertility, Early Pregnancy & Social Media: How To Cope
Consuming social media when you can’t get pregnant can be a hugely miserable experience; trying to engage with social media when you’re in the early stages of pregnancy presents further challenges. Here Katherine Ormerod talks about her experiences and offers a frank, highly personal account of her journey to motherhood…
Paula Goldstein On Social Media Nudity & The Politics Of Childbirth
Paula Goldstein is an influencer, creative consultant and founder of Voyage d’Etudes, a series of travel anthologies. With a background in online publishing for some of the most directional titles in London and Paris and a stint as fashion director at Refinery 29, her entire career has played out in…
Frame’s Founders On Finding The Fitness Balance
Pip Black (above right) and Joan Murphy (above left) are the pioneering duo behind the Frame fitness studios which now number five locations across London. Launching in the throes of the recession back in 2009, they’ve seen the fitness industry explode over the past seven years and witnessed abrupt changes…