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Sex column: How do I stop myself having feelings for my 22-year-old stepdaughter? credit: Getty / Katie Ingham

I have feelings for my 22-year-old estranged stepdaughter — I'm so ashamed

Channel: Sex Sex 21 hours ago By Laura Collins
Undated handout photo issued by Swansea Bay University Health Board of Sharon Cooling and Katie Wintle together at Singleton Hospital. Sharon Cooling has now retired from Swansea Bay after almost half a century of service. Since 2016 she has worked with colleague Katie Wintle. What neither of them realised was that it was Sharon who delivered Katie when she was born in Singleton Hospital in 1995. The coincidence only came to light after Katie herself became pregnant. Issue date: Friday January 3, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Midwives. Photo credit should read: Swansea Bay University Health Board/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Midwifery colleagues make shock discovery after working together for years

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Nadeine Asbali: Motherhood is my biggest achievement - so why don't I feel like it?

We don't appreciate how hard things are for mums

Channel: Families Families 6 days ago By Nadeine Asbali
Alone On Christmas

I'm devastated after what my husband did on Christmas morning

Channel: Families Families December 26, 2024 By Alice Giddings
Concept of Christmas or New Year dinner with roasted chicken and various vegetables dishes.

Christmas dinner is disgusting - I refuse to eat it

Channel: Food Food December 25, 2024 By Ross McCafferty
Gordon: I spent Christmas Day alone after my wife died - then I found an alternative

I was lonely at Christmas after losing my soulmate - then my phone rang

Channel: Families Families December 24, 2024 By Gordon L
Baby's Day Out with Mother

For women living in refuges, this is how we bring Christmas spirit

Channel: Families Families December 26, 2024 By Kalina Shah

It takes 9 days to put my Christmas decorations up — it’s a meticulously planned mission

Channel: Property Property December 23, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Karen Slater: I relapsed with alcoholism after seeing a pink gin advert

I was sober for 15 years, then one advert caused my relapse

Channel: Health Health December 24, 2024 By Karen Slater
woman wrapping book as christmas gift

We opened presents and discovered Mum had fallen for a Christmas scam

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle December 23, 2024 By Marc Burrows
Jamie Valentino looking over his shoulder and smiling, with mountains and trees in the background

I was overjoyed when Mum said we were no longer celebrating Christmas

Channel: Families Families December 23, 2024 By Jamie Valentino
Bridesmaid holding a bouquet of flowers, with a bride's wedding dress train in the background

I thought my sister-in-law liked me but now she's copying my wedding

Channel: Families Families December 23, 2024 By Alison Rios McCrone

My wife abandoned our family for another man — now she wants to come home for Christmas

Channel: Families Families December 24, 2024 By Laura Collins
Luan Pope and her late brother, Russel, in an embrace

A rare condition killed my brother – I've been diagnosed with the same

Channel: Health Health December 21, 2024 By Luan Pope
Jennifer Barton: Like Paloma Faith, I neglected my vagina as a young woman

I'm sick of Santa getting credit - I told my youngest the truth

Channel: Families Families December 23, 2024 By Jen Barton Packer

‘It’s just a bit of DNA’: The reality of being an egg donor in your 20s

Channel: Health Health December 21, 2024 By Jessica Hamilton

‘Christmas dinner will depend on what I can find at the local foodbank’

Channel: UK UK December 21, 2024 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott
A picture of Karden as a child with his mother

‘I felt more grief when my cat died than I ever did after my mum passed away’

Channel: Families Families December 20, 2024 By Sarah Ingram

Lily Phillips defends 'abusive' mum during tense exchange with right-wing pundit

Channel: Sex Sex December 20, 2024 By Alice Giddings
Toby Knight with his family, mum Nikki, sister Sophie, and dad, Ollie.

We’re keeping Christmas decorations up until February for our brave little boy

Channel: Families Families December 19, 2024 By Alexandra Meyer
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