An incredibly important piece from Hannah Barnes, echoing much of what our users tell us about their experiences of maternity care and birth trauma

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'I made a vegetable lasagne this afternoon and it’s turned out much bigger than intended, with an estimated weight of around two stone' 😂

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'I remember those yoghurt with feet and dracula faces (never allowed them sadly), Glow Worms (always wanted), Polly Pocket and A La Carte Kitchen. I also had the giant square full of crayola crayons because my mum wanted me to be arty...'
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Great to bring together so many women's organisations to discuss how we can collaborate and ensure women's voices are heard in the general election campaign. Watch this space for more updates!

Today is #PurpleDay and we want to show support for this year’s theme of #StampOutSeizures . Today is an opportunity to raise awareness for the 630,000 people in the UK that have epilepsy. For more epilepsy info follow Epilepsy Society

We've heard from countless women who have had horrific experiences of maternity care and we agree with Maternity Safety Alliance, mentioned in Sirin Kale's important article, that maternity services are broken. That's why we're backing their call for an urgent public inquiry.

This response from Rishi Sunak today shows he doesn't understand the breadth and scale of the crisis in maternity services across the country. So let's make it clear: maternity care is failing. Mums and babies are dying because of substandard care. We need a #MaternityInquiry

📢 We've heard from three more Councils that have published their parental leave policies in response to our campaign - big thanks to Liverpool City Council, Cotswold District Council and Enfield Council for taking action 👏

Single parent and Gingerbread CEO, Victoria Benson explains why #SingleParentsDay is a day to celebrate: orlo.uk/yiyLI

Happy #SingleParentsDay ! The overwhelming majority of single parents are women, and we know that they are even more likely than women in two parent families to use Mumsnet for support and friendship. 25,000 users a month visit our dedicated Lone Parents board.

Our amazing #VODWFutureVoices spokesperson Noani has published a new guest post today on Mumsnet about her experiences as a migrant domestic worker in the UK — read her story here The Voice of Domestic Workers mumsnet.com/talk/guest_pos…

Making women's votes count webinar underway.
What a brilliant panel of experts in what women want and how we can get our voices heard

Bumps to babies: supporting learning through pregnancy & beyond, 21 March

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Guest post: Nicola from Epilepsy Society highlights the difficult decisions pregnant women with epilepsy face when taking medication that could save their lives but risks the health of their unborn babies.

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Good to see this commitment from Keir Starmer - 87% of Mumsnet users back a change to the law on assisted dying and last month Karin Smyth MP and Kit Malthouse MP wrote for us about why it’s so important that Parliament properly addresses this issue mumsnet.com/talk/guest_pos…

Just over a week to go until our Making Women's Votes Count online event on Thursday 21st March, chaired by the brilliant carolyn quinn and with a fantastic panel of women civil society leaders. Sign up here bit.ly/3uJ4weJ

Good to see this commitment from Keir Starmer - 87% of Mumsnet users back a change to the law on assisted dying and last month Karin Smyth MP and Kit Malthouse MP wrote for us about why it’s so important that Parliament properly addresses this issue mumsnet.com/talk/guest_pos…