Weekend Guide: 12 of the best events happening around Ireland
Weekend Guide: 12 of the best events happening around Ireland

Sarah Gill

How to handle the co-worker who brings everyone down
How to handle the co-worker who brings everyone down

Victoria Stokes

Majken Bech Bailey on her life in food
Majken Bech Bailey on her life in food

Holly O'Neill

A new Netflix series about the Guinness family is in the works
A new Netflix series about the Guinness family is in the works

Sarah Finnan

Why the music of Sinéad O’Connor will stay with us forever
Why the music of Sinéad O’Connor will stay with us forever

Jan Brierton

My Life in Culture: Artist Jess Kelly
My Life in Culture: Artist Jess Kelly

Sarah Finnan

This enchanting home on Lough Derg is on the market for €950,000
This enchanting home on Lough Derg is on the market for €950,000

Sarah Finnan

Irish Design Spotlight: Emporium
Irish Design Spotlight: Emporium

Sarah Finnan

This homely thatched cottage is on the market for €250,000
This homely thatched cottage is on the market for €250,000

Sarah Finnan

This adorable West Cork cottage is on the market for €345,000
This adorable West Cork cottage is on the market for €345,000

Megan Burns

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I should have had one more baby


by Jennifer McShane
25.08.21

The biological and emotional reality of longing for another child at the 11th hour

“My friends always said it after I had my second child – are you done, done? As in, will there be any more? Almost everyone I know has at least three children, so it didn’t seem like a pressurised question,” says Sarah,* a mum-of-two from Wexford. “I was really happy with two and didn’t think too much about it until I was in my late thirties,” she says. When asked what changed, Sarah says she...

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