Executive is the loveliest mother
SHE was contestant No. 11. It was just a random number but it so happened Elise Lee went on to beat 11 others that day.

Baby, you're the one
Forget the fast life, the partying and the next American Idol. TEO PAU LIN now lives and breathes baby.

Hot mama: Beatrice Chia-Richmond
Before her first child Sol was born nearly a year ago, Beatrice Chia-Richmond was the last person you'd expect to be seen with a baby.

Hot mama: Vanessa Lim
My schedule revolves around the baby. I used to stay out longer and spent a lot more time with friends. Shopping is also something that I haven't done in a really long time.

Hot Mama
Four mothers in the business of looking good share how they got fit and fab after giving birth.
 

Freaked out for 2 months
With a successful career, she thought she was empowered to do anything, and that motherhood would be a cinch. -The New Paper

Children over career
I'm a working mum to 2 children, a boy coming to 5, a girl 19 months, and I just got "unexpectedly" pregnant again (due in mid Sep '07). -AsiaOne

'Not his or mine, they are all ours'
STEPMOTHERS everywhere take heart.

She had it all, then... husband dumps her for lover
WHAT more could a woman want?That was what Madam Shirley Lee, now 39, thought more than 15 years ago.

Mummy treats
After the straining and pushing, a new Mum deserves a massage that banishes those unwanted bulges. NADIA SHAH rounds up four post-natal treatments.

Hot mama: Brenda Loke
Brenda Loke piled on 12kg during her pregnancy. But now, the 1.65m-tall first-time Mum is back to her pre-pregnancy weight of 55kg.

Hot Mama: Katya Malysheva
Just one month after giving birth to baby Karyna in November, Katya Malysheva was back at work and appeared on the cover of Urban in January.

"When I am a happy mother, my children are happy and so is my husband and family."
Parenting has its phases, ups and downs. -AsiaOne

"I had no idea what motherhood really meant. Was it supposed to be a struggle or an enjoyable time of bonding?"
I am a mother of an eight month old daughter. Prior to her arrival, I had no idea what motherhood or fatherhood really meant. -AsiaOne