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The anxiety that stalks my pregnancy

The anxiety that stalks my pregnancy

My son is sleeping with the window open tonight, and I'm terrified that someone will pull out the screen and kidnap him. Last night when I stretched my 38-weeks-pregnant belly over the side of the bed to grab my cell phone charger, something below my ribs felt like it tore... and I'm sure...
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Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer thumb

Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer

There are some people who really have their shit together.  They are never late,...
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Only a fool would ignore these symptoms thumb

Only a fool would ignore these symptoms

Three years ago I was a 40-year-old mother of two with a successful blog, an adoring...
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The whole world doesn't need to know I'm incontinent. Woops! thumb

The whole world doesn't need to know I'm incontinent. Woops!

I just wet myself. I’ve had a bad cold for the past week and it was during a...
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Cancer gene sisters: two had preventative surgery, one waited ... thumb

Cancer gene sisters: two had preventative surgery, one waited ...

Cancer has been unspeakably cruel to the Neave family. Father Colin died of liver cancer...
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What you need to know about the breast cancer gene and Angelina's mastectomy thumb

What you need to know about the breast cancer gene and Angelina's mastectomy

After finding out she had "the breast cancer gene," Angelina Jolie decided to...
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Women's Health and Wellbeing thumb

Women's Health and Wellbeing

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Inside Guide to her Fitness thumb

Inside Guide to her Fitness

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My mum's battle to save me from anorexia thumb

My mum's battle to save me from anorexia

In April 2010 I was admitted into Wesley Hospital in Ashfield, diagnosed with Anorexia...
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Mums share: "I knew my child had autism when..." thumb

Mums share: "I knew my child had autism when..."

While it can take time to get an autism diagnosis, parents often have a sense earlier...
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Childbirth in the '80s was scary thumb

Childbirth in the '80s was scary

Working for a parenting website means I get to constantly relive all those bad/good...
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Kath & Kim star battles breast cancer thumb

Kath & Kim star battles breast cancer

Kath & Kim star Gina Riley has been diagnosed with breast cancer. "During my...
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This is more common than depression after childbirth thumb

This is more common than depression after childbirth

Anxiety is far more common in the days after childbirth than depression, with nearly one...
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When bad things happen to good people thumb

When bad things happen to good people

You very rarely realise how lucky you are until you get struck down with bad health....
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16 ways to lower your risk of breast cancer thumb

16 ways to lower your risk of breast cancer

Defy the odds with these breast-cancer-busting lifestyle strategies from oncology experts...
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Breast cancer survivors that inspire us thumb

Breast cancer survivors that inspire us

Stars who beat breast cancer remind us that early detection is the best weapon
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