Michaela Fox
Essential Baby
Melbourne, FL, United States
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Past articles by Michaela:
How do you know when your family is complete?
How do you know when you’re done having babies? For some, it's obvious. For others, it's harder to know for sure. → Read More
16 parenting truths you won't find in the baby books
I am five years into this parenting gig and I’ve learnt that sleepless nights and changing dirty nappies are child’s play. → Read More
Property for sale in Sydney and Melbourne: 7 stages of house hunting hell
IT’S the great Australian Dream, right? Owning a home complete with a barbecue, backyard and pretty picket fence. → Read More
Kick your birth plans to the curb
These things do not make you any more or less of a mum, and they do not mean you child will be any less happy. → Read More
Healing after miscarriage: 6 ways to soften the grief
If you have suffered a pregnancy loss, here are six ways to help soften the grief. → Read More
Dads don’t ‘babysit’, they ‘parent’
LAST weekend my husband took our four-year-old daughter to a party. → Read More
There's no greeting card for someone who is dying.
There's a heartbreaking time before true grief when the death of a loved one is inevitable, but there's no greeting card for someone who is dying. → Read More
Miscarriage and pregnancy loss: Michaela Fox’s honest account
Michaela Fox has written an incredibly honest account of her second miscarriage. IN THE time it takes for the two blue lines to appear, blood stains my knickers. I gasp in horror as my head catches up with my heart. While my pregnancy is confirmed, my body trembles in fresh fear. I begin cramping and the pain echoes my last miscarriage, only weeks before. I tell myself it’s over. I am crushed. I… → Read More
Hysterectomy: Mother made infertile and fibroid pain gone
KATE Torney clearly remembers the moment she was told her uterus had been removed. She was in Intensive Care following the traumatic birth of her son, when her husband, Paul, delivered the news. → Read More
Miscarriage signs: An honest account by Michaela Fox
STATISTICALLY, I was ‘due’ for a miscarriage. It happens to one in four women in Australia. → Read More
Parenting Perks: Perfect excuses and watching Frozen movie
IT’S official. Kid wrangling is hard. It’s hard full time; it’s hard part-time. It’s hard, well, pretty much all the time. Ah yes, those little “bundles” of joy cost you physically, emotionally and financially. → Read More
Are you an over-thinker, like me?
IF THE headline of this piece grabbed your attention, there’s a good chance you identify as an over-thinker. Well, welcome to the club! → Read More
'My mother chose not to hold or see me after I was born'
Because she knew she wouldn't be able to let me go. → Read More
What it's like to go through menopause as a young woman
Early menopause can be devastating, writes Michaela Fox. → Read More
6 things I'll miss about pregnancy (and 6 things I won't)
While there are certainly things I’ll miss about pregnancy, there are also many things I’ll be glad never to experience again. → Read More
'The one day of parenting I wish I could erase.'
All parents have moments they are not proud of or feel as though they are parenting fails, writes mother of 3 Michaela Fox. This is how you deal with them. → Read More
"I discovered my friend had died via Google".
After meeting John in Vancouver in her early twenties, Michaela Fox kept in touch. But then she ended up learning about his death online. → Read More
21 things I love about newborns
There’s an irresistible magic about newborns. Of course they're not all smiles and rainbows, but they are undeniably cute and remarkable in so, so many ways. → Read More
Your new motherhood manifesto
There’s an ocean of literature about all manner of things relating to parenthood, but there’s not a lot written about how to survive and thrive as a mother. Here are my tips. → Read More
Let Your Kids Live in the Present
Children have the extraordinary capacity to disappear into the moment.As parents, we are the gatekeepers of time. And we are preoccupied with it. We are constantly clock watching to see when we need to race out the door to the next activity.... → Read More