Parenting is often described as the hardest job in the world. But for the more than 6.5 million mums in Australia, the challenge of parenting is, will be, or has been heightened by perimenopause. With more women giving birth later in life and a study in the US suggesting 40 per cent of 36- to…
This week, the world’s first saliva pregnancy test became available in Sydney pharmacies. SaliStick is being talked about as the first major breakthrough in pregnancy testing since at-home urine tests were introduced in the 1960s. My response? Meh. As a former POAS (Pee-On-A-Stick) addict who was alternating between testing for ovulation and pregnancy for three…
You might first associate vertical gardens with the DIY craze of Covid, but these green walls, or living walls have been around for thousands of years, and have become increasingly popular with the global green wall market projected to reach $2.7 billion by 2030. The most primitive vertical gardening started in ancient Rome and Greece…
You may have never heard of an exercise physiologist, but they are increasingly becoming a popular and essential part of an optimal health and fitness regime. According to NSW Health, exercise physiologists are “university-qualified allied health professionals who prescribe, deliver, and adapt movement, physical activity, and exercise-based interventions to facilitate and optimise health status, function,…
Of all the types of pregnancy loss, Termination For Medical Reasons (TFMR) is one of the least talked about, understood or supported types of loss and the only one to come with the unique and specific mix of horror, judgment and silence.
For three years now I’ve been wearing a ring on the fourth finger of my right hand. It’s rose gold with diamonds encircling a large oval aquamarine. At the time, I chose the water-like stone simply because it’s my birthstone and I loved the pale blue colour.
My partner asked me the other night if I love his son. The question stung, both because he felt he needed to ask, and also because I understood why he did.
“I need sex” are not the words I would expect to hear from my 56-year old facialist after she utters my name. “How are you?” is more inline with what I had anticipated her saying but, in that moment, I really wished she’d just said, “Can we reschedule?” The fact that I am lying half-naked…