Birth of a new openness for mothers

From podcasts to TV programmes and forums, mums are breaking with tradition and freely talking about the trials of labour. But is this always a good thing, asks Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

Úna O’Sullivan, a new mum to six-week-old Donnacha, thought she was prepared for labour.“My three sisters had babies before me and I’d heard about natural births, C-sections and stitches but my labour was nothing like what I thought it would be,” says the 30-year-old from Dingle.