Part 4: You cannot negotiate with time When at last we hand our children over to school, we also hand over information about them, to help the school, to offer support, to make the transition easier. For those of us who have children with disabilities, we become advocates, try to open lines of communication with […]

Part 2: On display After the birth, there is noise. Medical checks, maternal health nurse visits, emergency trips to hospital. Most of the women in my mothers group have taken their husband’s names except for one or two of us. I hadn’t seen the need until I arrive at the hospital one evening with my […]

When I looked up from her hospital cribTo see the wider world, could I help it,If I saw a war?—Katie Ford, From the Nursery Part 1: Being good We meet in the local café. Most of us in my new mothers group are still breastfeeding so we order decaf. Because we are trying to be […]