Former Olympic Track Athlete Jana Pittman Shares Her Experience With Newborn Twins

Ex-Olympic track athlete, doctor, motivational and now mum of six Jana Pittman is the very definition of ‘superwoman’. Here Jana tells us how life with her 10-week newborn twins is going and how she’s finally at peace. How is life as a mum of twins? Did you ever imagine having a brood of six? Thank…

ByAlice Duthie30/05/20220Comments

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Actress Tammin Sursok Talks About Her Career, Family And May Gibbs

Actress Tammin Sursok talks to The Carousel about her career in the US, life as a mum and her uplifting new role as an ambassador for May Gibbs. Best known for Pretty Little Liars, The Young and the Restless, and Home and Away, Australian actress Tammin Sursok has been relishing her new role as an ambassador…

ByRobyn Foyster18/11/20210Comments

Parenting

Shifting Gears – From Surviving To Thriving In Motherhood

By Sonia Bestulic The story and inspiration behind Flourish for Mums 21 ways to thrive with self-care and acceptance Evolving into motherhood changes the lens on life. Before having my own children; I had the privilege of working with thousands of mothers and their children; as a Speech and Language Pathologist. Too often, mothers’ confided they were feeling…

ByThe Carousel16/11/20210Comments

Health

3 Ways Mums Can Redefine Self-Care

Flourish For Mums Author Sonia Bestulic shares her top tips on how Mums can redefine self-care. I became a mother to three children; who all arrived in the world in two years and 7 months. My initial self-care definition was to sleep when I could, eat as regularly as I could, and get some movement in,…

ByThe Carousel08/11/20210Comments

Parenting

4 Ways to Create Lasting Memories of Your Pregnancy

The journey to motherhood is one of the most transformative periods in a woman’s life. It’s a process that is both exciting and daunting, and a time filled with various, intense emotions. And while many expectant mothers think that they’ll be able to remember every single important moment of this incredible and life-changing journey, the…

BySophia Smith12/10/20210Comments

Health Mood and Mind Parenting Relationships

Uterosexuality And Motherhood – How They Interconnect

Let me introduce you to my term: the female, lesbian or straight, Uterosexual! Explained in simplistic terms, a uterosexual is a woman who is able to publicly acknowledge the precious and immense importance of her femaleness and the rewarding friendships she has with her close female friends. This is a woman who probably greets girlfriends…

ByThe Carousel16/12/20190Comments

Entertainment News

Offspring’s Asher Keddie On Motherhood And Baby No. 2

The stunning actress, who appears on the cover of InStyle Australia’s August issue, has a one-year-old Valentino with her artist husband Vincent Fantauzzo. “I like suprises and Valentino was a surprise. I don’t close doors very often so we’ll just see,” Asher tells InStyle. “I do have an Italian husband who loves children, but with work at…

ByThe Carousel18/07/20160Comments

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Mila Kunis Opens Up About Motherhood

Speaking on the set of her new comedy Bad Mums, due out in Australia on August 11, Mila, 32, credits her parenting success to a good sense of humour – and a healthy fear of weird-coloured snot. "I think people like to know they're not alone,” the celebrity mum tells PopSugar. “I think that the second you're…

ByThe Carousel20/06/20160Comments

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Supermodel Candice Swanepoel Reveals Baby’s Sex

She’s just posted a stunning black and white preggy picture on social media, along with the announcement that she’s expecting a boy with model fiancé Hermann Nicoli. Posing topless on Instagram with her tummy spilling out over unbuttoned jeans, she writes: “My not so little boy”. The picture quickly drew hundreds of thousands like from the South…

ByThe Carousel19/05/20160Comments

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Happy Mama=Happy Baby: A Practical Guide To Motherhood

“A few years ago, an Australian doctor came up with the phrase 'postnatal depletion'. After years of seeing exhausted, rundown and sick mothers in his clinic - and watching the same decline in his own wife’s health after her third baby - Dr Serrallach coined the term "postnatal depletion" to describe the high rate of physical…

ByThe Carousel16/05/20160Comments