Category: Health & wellbeing

My egg, my wife’s womb, our baby: how we found our way to lesbian motherhood

When Leah and I planned a family, we wanted to be as mutual as possible. Could reciprocal IVF – Leah carrying an embryo made from my egg – be the way forward?Late last year, it became my friend’s favourite...

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‘This is so taboo’: Kimberley Nixon on the hell of perinatal OCD – and how she survived it

After the birth of her son during lockdown, the Welsh actor was flooded by disturbing thoughts she couldn’t shake, a plunge into darkness and isolation. She discusses how it changed her and what helped her recoverKimberley...

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I yearned to be a mother. Why did I feel nothing when my daughter was finally born?

I had presumed I would love her instantly – but a traumatic birth led to devastating numbnessIt wasn’t supposed to be like this. I was waiting for an overwhelming rush of love, but when I looked at my newborn baby...

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Help, there’s a cockroach in my coffee! 16 gross ingredients hidden in your favourite foods

From wood pulp in ice-cream to peat in portobellos, science has transformed how we dine. Do you know exactly what’s lurking in the grub we eat?Microbial slime and a side helping of sand doesn’t sound like much of a...

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