From the time you discover you are pregnant, you can find yourself the target of ‘helpful’ advice and you may at times have to assert yourself with family, friends and health professionals to get support for your choices around birth and parenting. But it is the intrusion on your bodily space that can be hardest to handle with dignity.
“I’ve had the day from hell!” Melbourne mum, Monique Geaney was debriefing after a horror day that included a very scary car accident….
A ‘bad day’ doesn’t have to be defined by extreme drama such as a trip to emergency or a cancelled holiday. Any day that spirals out of control – whatever that means to an individual mum - can see mothers beating up on themselves and questioning their competence…
