With a career in theatre, effervescent nervous energy and a love of performing, Kylie Van Der Veer has always appeared
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3 Things I Learned From My First Postpartum Period
Most people get chocolates or flowers from a sweetheart for Valentine’s Day. This year, instead of a sweetheart I got
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I Won an Olympic Medal. But My Toughest Battle Was in the Bedroom.
The bulge in my pants I expected was nowhere to be found. Kayla, my first high school girlfriend, gazed back
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You Don't Look Sick: 'I was diagnosed with Parkinson's in my thirties'
Welcome to our weekly look at the issues around invisible illness. Thousands of people have invisible illnesses and disabilities but
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My Vagina Felt Like It Was on Fire for a Year—but Doctors Kept Telling Me It Was Just a Yeast Infection
If my life had a theme song, it would be the one where Alicia Keys belts, “This girl is on
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My day on a plate: Jenny Brockie
Journalist Jenny Brockie, 64, shares her day on a plate. Insight’s Jenny Brockie. 7.30am After a 30-minute walk, breakfast is
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‘My husband thinks he’s got a new wife’
Monika Wilson has lost 1.37 kilograms a week, relentlessly over the last four months. Since November 30, she's shed 23.5
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‘What’s wrong with looking my age anyway?’
I recently caught up with a friend I hadn't seen for a while, and the first thing that struck me
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Last week me and my gf had intercourse, during the time secretion of watery discharge from my sperm made her vagina wet. Now she is suffering from stomach pain and slight vaginal pain. Could this be a symptom of pregnancy?
It sounds like some of your sperm got into her vagina. If so, it is definitely possible she could be
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I decided to drop my family's mental load for a week
My partner and I entered into our relationship as equals. Then we had two babies, and along the way I
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