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What is an 'Other Mother'?
Sue Elliott-Nicholls has a lot of mothers. Some are hers and some she has deliberately found for herself for a little extra maternal back up. She thought it was just her but it turns out that spare mother-figures are more common than you might think. Sue describes her experiences.
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