This mum chat group in US is helping parents fight loneliness


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Through its endless stream of messages, invitations, jokes and advice, the Chat is also prophylactic, helping combat parental isolation and stress. — Dreamstime/TNS

The Chat, as everyone refers to it, started with just a handful of mums.

It was for the terrifying, thrilling moments of new motherhood: for grappling with breastfeeding, venting about in-laws and partners and sex, tracking milestones. It was especially for 3am, when even in a city of 1.5 million people, it could feel like no one else in the world was awake.

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