Posts categorised under Parenting

With Father’s Day taking place in June, Nick considers how chronic illness has affected his role as a dad, and what an achievement parenting when ill actually is.

Body image is tricky enough without the double whammy of pregnancy and a stoma bag – Sonikmummy shares her experience

Ileostomate, Jennifer, interviews her mum about what it’s like having a daughter with Crohn’s disease and an ileostomy. Read a mum’s perspective on diagnosis, surgery and more…

Having a stoma hasn’t detrimentally effected Stephie's ability to care for a newborn. However, having a baby has certainly made caring for her stoma a little more ’awkward’…

Stephie Simpson shares the things she's learned about herself and her daughter through parenting, before and after stoma surgery...

For those who have a stoma bag, we seem to worry about telling kids the most but they are often the most understanding. Find out why…