‘She didn’t rest until more research came’
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Knowing that your so-called overstimulated rascal is not well or being able to smell when your child gets sick. It may raise eyebrows, but these women know the power of maternal intuition.
Mirella (45) is married to Claudia (45) and mother of Sammie (8) and Bobbie (4).
“Sammie had been incredibly tired for ages. The GP sent us with a lump in the reeds time and time again. She must have been overstimulated, he said. Highly sensitive. All psychologically, physically nothing wrong. I resigned myself to it, even if after swimming lessons I fished a pale, blue-faced and weak fish out of the water for weeks.
But my wife Claudia didn’t rest until more research came along. The result: Sammie had mononucleosis. It is rare in children that age. Claudia is Sammie’s genetic mother, I carried Bobbie. Perhaps a case of maternal intuition.”
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My nose doesn’t lie
Yvonne (44) is married to Sjoerd (44) and mother of Malou (11) and Daniek (8).
“Daniek was very ill during the first two years of her life. She went from pneumonia to strep throat to ear infection and so on. I always felt exactly when things were about to go wrong. I smelled it on her too. Then I immediately mobilized all auxiliary troops. Moved with work and already enlisted my parents to babysit.
“I always felt exactly when things were about to go wrong”
Sjoerd didn’t understand that. He didn’t see anything wrong with our daughter and didn’t understand why I was calling and arranging. But I was always right. I still sense before Sjoerd when my daughters need me or want to discuss something. At such a moment I always go for a walk with Malou, preferably in the dark. Then we shuffle very close together through the neighborhood and air her whole heart. So cute.”
77% of mothers in the Netherlands have to deal with mom shaming, according to research by Kek Mama. The editors found this so shocking that they started a campaign: Kek Mama launches mombracing, the counterpart of momshaming, and calls on all mothers to support each other instead of criticizing from now on.
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