Stories
- Book extract
Surviving the storm of postnatal depression
Emma Jane Unsworth lays bare the despair of postnatal depression and shares her route to recovery.
- Article
Belonging, babies and self-belief
As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.
- Article
Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
- Article
Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
Catalogue
- Videos
Motherhood.
Date: 1989- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Motherhood clinics
Date: 1943-1946Reference: SA/FPA/A3/29Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
Motherhood in Islam / Aliah Schleifer.
Schleifer, Aliah.Date: 1996- Books
Motherhood and mental health / Ian Brockington.
Brockington, I. F.Date: 1996- Books
Motherhood in bondage / by Margaret Sanger.
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.Date: 1928
