Nell Frizzell

A new piece of research published by Peanut lists a whole array of "unwanted questions" we should try to avoid asking mothers.

A new piece of research lists a whole array of “unwanted questions” we should try to avoid asking mothers

If you can choose a course purely on the love of the subject, might just be doing so from a financially privileged position

“Were you to see me and my family in a restaurant, you would observe: shouting, squirming, climbing over the table to reach things, gathering and hoarding of silverware to be used in light weapon play, whining for soda, whining for ice cream, whining for phones, whining for things that don’t exist in the restaurant or maybe even the world.”

Well, I did it: My daughter is now a one-year-old. Together, we have navigated her babyhood, and somehow, 365 days later, she is a toddler.

“I firmly, and perhaps unsurprisingly, believe in Relationship and Sex Education from the moment your child starts asking questions. Which, in my son's case, was about two months after he first started saying the word ‘banana'.”

“If first trimester symptoms happened to cisgendered men, they’d talk about it. They might even ask for certain adaptations to be made at work, to their shift pattern, to their commute, to their social plans...”

After enduring a debilitating infection for months, she went to see a private urologist – and discovered how inaccessible paid healthcare really is, writes Nell Frizzell

When you’re hoping to be pregnant, the arrival of your period calls for a condolence card, a sunrise walk – or a good scream, writes Nell Frizzell

When I was about six weeks pregnant, I threw up lavishly and horizontally on the front wheel of someone's car.