motherhood
Pregnancy and motherhood: Confessions of a ‘not-so-perfect’ mother
Dreams relating to motherhood began quite early in my life. It was mostly inspired by pregnancy photoshoots with celebrities like Brooke Shields, Kirsten Dunst, and Demi Moore. These ladies made pregnancy look like a piece of cake. With their long and thick hair resting on their shoulders, and finely manicured hands cradling their perfectly shaped bellies – everything looked handpicked, as if from a favourite fairy-tale.
Welcome to Millennial Motherhood
After eight years of being an active mother, I have finally come to terms with acknowledging the identity of motherhood.
The invisible mental load on mothers
Most of motherhood that is glorified — the process of giving birth, breastfeeding, the sleepless nights — is visible. What if we say that this is only the tip of the iceberg? The invisible and infinitely more extensive workload frequently goes unseen by the world and is most often, the root cause of why mothers feel tired all the time. We call it the mental load and all mothers can relate.
Tisha back to work, accompanied by her daughter
National Film Award-winning actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha is back to work after giving birth to her daughter Ilham Nusrat Farooki.
Motherhood—the story of a transformed reader
Motherhood changes everything you knew about yourself and the world you had carefully curated for the past however many years you have been alive.
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Elif Shafak's 'Black Milk': Can a writer be a mother too?
Black Milk is an autobiographical documentation of Shafak's hesitation, anxiety, perplexity, and self-discovery as she is about to enter the phase of motherhood.
Giving birth increases risk of heart disease and stroke
Chinese researchers finds that giving birth may increase a woman's risk of heart disease and stroke by 14 percent compared to having no children.
It's not easy to be a mother: Shakira
Singer Shakira, who has two sons, says that it is not easy to be a mother. She calls it the most difficult thing she has ever done in life.
Pregnancy and motherhood: Confessions of a ‘not-so-perfect’ mother
Dreams relating to motherhood began quite early in my life. It was mostly inspired by pregnancy photoshoots with celebrities like Brooke Shields, Kirsten Dunst, and Demi Moore. These ladies made pregnancy look like a piece of cake. With their long and thick hair resting on their shoulders, and finely manicured hands cradling their perfectly shaped bellies – everything looked handpicked, as if from a favourite fairy-tale.
Welcome to Millennial Motherhood
After eight years of being an active mother, I have finally come to terms with acknowledging the identity of motherhood.
The invisible mental load on mothers
Most of motherhood that is glorified — the process of giving birth, breastfeeding, the sleepless nights — is visible. What if we say that this is only the tip of the iceberg? The invisible and infinitely more extensive workload frequently goes unseen by the world and is most often, the root cause of why mothers feel tired all the time. We call it the mental load and all mothers can relate.
Tisha back to work, accompanied by her daughter
National Film Award-winning actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha is back to work after giving birth to her daughter Ilham Nusrat Farooki.
Motherhood—the story of a transformed reader
Motherhood changes everything you knew about yourself and the world you had carefully curated for the past however many years you have been alive.
Elif Shafak's 'Black Milk': Can a writer be a mother too?
Black Milk is an autobiographical documentation of Shafak's hesitation, anxiety, perplexity, and self-discovery as she is about to enter the phase of motherhood.
Giving birth increases risk of heart disease and stroke
Chinese researchers finds that giving birth may increase a woman's risk of heart disease and stroke by 14 percent compared to having no children.
It's not easy to be a mother: Shakira
Singer Shakira, who has two sons, says that it is not easy to be a mother. She calls it the most difficult thing she has ever done in life.