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I had all the STI checks about 5 months ago (before a procedure). They were all negative. Today I discovered a sore on my ……. It’s like a ball pimple looking thing. I have the urge to squeeze but I’m definitely not going to. It’s sore. I’m still with the same man. I don’t think he would cheat on me...
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The last few months I have been really angry and upset and just anxiously disregulated allll the time. Just snapping and getting really cranky over everything. My kids are really feeling it unfortunately. And I feel like it’s started ever since I got a Mirena put in. Is there anything I can do to...
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How do I get my 13 year old daughter with ADHD to stop verbally abusing me and recently physically abusing me - kicking, punching and pinching. Use to always only verbal abuse until the past 2 weeks. Every time she doesn't gets what she wants I get sworn at, told I'm useless and bunch names / swear...

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This is a FAQ post. These are the most popular answers to a real question asked on The Imperfect Mum. A bit of a hard question to put into words. Lately I’m feeling like i’m now just “his wife” and “her mother” – I’m feeling like I’ve lost who I used to be. I used to be a fairly social independant woman and now I feel as though I have somehow been robbed of my independance. I have an 8 month old...
Sometimes we mums are our own worst enemy… I’m beating myself up at the moment, without any help from anyone else! (So talented right?) *rolls eyes* I was catching up with a couple of beautiful mums this morning – we had a bunch of kids between us all who were happily playing in the playground while we spoke. One of the children came up to her mum, with the usual “I’m hungry” complaint, and the...
There has been many discussions on I.M about beauty, women feeling like they are not beautiful. Women feeling like they’re not enough. And, this worries me. So, what makes you beautiful? Aesthetically you may rate as as 4 or a 10? Who knows? And yes I would be lying if I said that aesthetics don’t come into play. They do. However, I have seen really aesthetically pleasing people that are just not...
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