The calendar on the fridge is full of other people’s health. The six-week checks, the immunisations, the dentist for the eight year old, the optometrist because someone is squinting at the whiteboard. Somewhere on that calendar, almost never, is you. Booking everyone else in and quietly leaving yourself off the list is one of the most common habits of motherhood. It is also one of the few genuinely worth breaking. Here are the appointments that slide the furthest, and why they deserve a spot on the fridge. The five-yearly test four in ten of us are behind on Cervical screening … Continue reading The Appointments Mums Keep Putting Off (And How to Finally Book Them)