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
Dylan 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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