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It’s hard to describe what it feels like to become a mum, but it has a name: matrescence

  • Written by Belinda Eslick, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
It’s hard to describe what it feels like to become a mum, but it has a name: matrescenceDylan Nolte/Unsplash

“Completely life-changing”. “Nothing could have fully prepared me”. These are the sorts of phrases you often hear from women when they become a mother.

These descriptions can point to the complexity and depth of the experience. It can be joyous and stressful, exhausting and euphoric, profound and...

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