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There are days where I love it and others where I feel like my skin is crawling

We chat to Christine about nursing through postpartum depression, pumping, blogging, introducing solids, tasting breastmilk and why ‘don’t be an asshole’...

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Motherhood is fucking hard

Shayoon Mendeluk is a woman of substance and soulful energy. Enthusiastic and proud to advocate for breastfeeding, a cause near to...

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The negative feedback started a fire inside me

Photographer Ivette Ivens is stirring up the media and the Internet with her surreal breastfeeding imagery. Her book Breastfeeding Goddesses...

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I just love birth, and wanted to do it again straight after!

In part 2 of our interview with Shanay, we chat about her work as a doula, home birthing, her own...

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Our bodies are phenomenal and should be respected, nurtured and loved.

Natalie is a new mother to 5 month old Finn. She’s an Australian actress living in LA, with 15 film and...

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I get a high from saying frightening and truthful things

Pheonix Wild is a wounded woman healed, a powerful new mother, and a rebel for the people. She speaks loudly about things...

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I always felt like the only person in the world doing it on my own

We chat to Brittany about raising a baby solo, planning to fail at breastfeeding, feeding on demand, why it’s OK...

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If you look after yourself, then baby will blossom

Shanay Hall is mum to 3 year old Iyla. She’s modelled for Russh, Vogue and Zimmerman, lived in Perth, Sydney, New York...

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I felt restricted by breastfeeding — like I didn’t have any control

Amy spent her lunch break giving us the low down on her battle through painful nursing and a detached nipple...

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You don’t have to be gushing over your baby every second

Rebecca Mar Young is mum of two, partner at Red Tent Mums and author of the forthcoming book Hands On Birth....

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There’s no reason for you to be suffering in the name of what you think is right

We chat to Kiri Vasales about toddler weaning, the booby blues, sleep, choosing to do what’s right for your family...

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We had warm oil massages, herbal baths and rested as much as possible

This other worldly woman chats with us about the 40-day Aryuvedic post birth ritual, the value of surrendering to how...

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Don’t worry about other people or parenting books - just smile

We chat to Storm about not planning for motherhood, not pumping and not feeling any guilt about using formula. The...

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Being a mom shatters your sense of self

Merrill Melideo is a woman who cares. About the world, her family and the community of women we call ‘mothers’. Honest...

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This was ours and only ours

I was not expecting to experience motherhood so early. I talk about this a lot because the shift I felt...

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My heart is so full of love, we can’t stop staring at her

Rebecca is a model, new mum to beautiful baby girl Arabella Rose, and partner to champion surfer Taj Burrow. Today they’re...

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People looking down on me have no idea

Haddas Ancliffe is a young mama with a progressive and gracious approach to fashion, motherhood and more recently, media attention....

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My expectations were blown out of the water

Samantha Hopper epitomises a clarity and calmness rare in the chaos of modern motherhood. She talks to us about yoga as ‘me’...

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A woman can bring in milk without pregnancy, it's called inducing lactation

We chat to breastfeeding trailblazer Alyssa about how women can stimulate lactation without pregnancy, her personal experience breastfeeding both biological...

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