AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarParenting Your Way - Meet The Mothers Making Their Own RulesElle - George DriverBreast or bottle? Internet-free or on Instagram? Maintaining tradition or mindfulness schools? Meet the women scrapping the parenting 'rulebook' to mother their way. This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatar6 Mums Dish The Dirt On The Hilarious, Fun And Horribly Gross First Few Months Of MotherhoodElle - Daisy MurrayThe first stage of motherhood is arguably the scariest. While antenatal classes and obstetrician appointments prepare you for labour, who is there to tell you how petrifying it might feel to be left alone and in charge of a tiny, defenceless, gorgeous but often indescribably gross little human? This …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarMothers In Crisis: Coping With Serious Mental Health Issues In The Wake Of Giving BirthElle - ByLouise DonovanOne in five women will experience a mental health problem after giving birth. But while the ‘baby blues’ is a well-recognised phenomenon, what happens when scarier symptoms - insomnia, anxiety, delusions - start to impact your life? This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarTreating Tokophobia: The Women Who Are Terrified Of Giving BirthElle - ByNatasha BirdThis feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. ‘I think I always knew that I would die during childbirth,’ says Sophie. ‘I could envisage myself being pregnant. But I could never actually …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarThe Modern Motherhood SeriesElle - Natasha Birdand Team ELLEWhat does motherhood look like, in 2019? What does motherhood look like, in 2019? Certainly, it’s no longer contingent on the act of birthing a child. In a same sex partnership between two women, for example, the advent of parenthood naturally begets two mothers, irrespective of whose body grew the …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarMy Pregnant Body - 3 Fitness Influencers On The Reality of Working Out Until BirthElle - George DriverWhen your body is your job, what happens when you're pregnant? This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. 'I actually have a baby attached to my breast right now!', exclaims Simone De …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarBirth Strikers: The Women Refusing To Have Children Because Of Climate ChangeElle - Sarah BarrattA growing number of women have vowed to abstain from procreation in response to the environmental crisis. ELLE UK meets them. This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. There are plenty …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarHow To Dress Your Bump: 3 Fashion Insiders Address Maternity StyleElle - Daisy MurrayWe asked Kenya Hunt, Katherine Ormerod and Laura Jackson exactly how they dressed their bumps This feature is part of ELLE's ' Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do things differently. In a recent ELLE catch-up, a staff member - …
AvatarELLE UKAvatarAvatarIs The 'Gender Reveal' Party Really Okay?Elle - Natasha BirdAs gender reveal ideas expand into further and further social media extravagance, we ask whether the gender reveal party is really ok, or a step backwards This feature is part of ELLE's 'Modern Motherhood Series' - exploring the shifting role of 'mother' in society and the women choosing to do …