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Identity loss after motherhood
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Identity loss after motherhood

Rosie Woodbridge
Rosie Woodbridge

Maybe I’ll go for a run tomorrow. Enough months have passed since the birth of my baby. It’s time to get back out there.

Going for a run will be good for me. I know how good running is for my mental health. It’s movement. It’s freedom. And how good it will be for my body! Maybe I could lose some of the baby weight. Get back to how things were. Get back into my old clothes.

Two mums, terminal cancer, shared tears - and gospel hope
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Two mums, terminal cancer, shared tears - and gospel hope

Naomi Dawson
Naomi Dawson

For two years, Chloe and I stood in the same playground, at the same time, picking our daughters up from the same class and yet our conversation and friendship never went much further than a brief chat.

At times in those first few years it felt like I was back at school myself, wondering how everyone knew each other and how on earth I could make friends.