Corinne Atherton

I’ve recently been thinking about transitions.  In the Motherhood Uncensored compendium  I wrote about learning to transition into being a mother. Not just one alone anymore, but two, and then three. Now, surrounded by autumnal change I have been reminded that I am again in a state of change.  This led me to write the piece below, reflecting on how my children don’t need me as much as they once did, and how I am trying to navigate that. When I was contemplating this introduction, I was...

A personal story about thestress and guilt associated with not being able to breastfeed.

On losing and finding your identity as a mother ‘Where are you, Mummy?’ asked my toddler son as I grabbed a few precious moments of...