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15th August 2017
11:38am BST

As it turns out, there are also reasons as to why some women don't want to be called 'mum' by their children.
One woman, Irene Bard, has said that it makes her feel old.
Speaking to The Daily Mail, the 70-year-old said that she banned her three children from calling her The M-word many years ago.
"People who didn’t know me were surprised I was a mother. Everyone assumes you’re rather strait-laced when they hear that word. And I didn’t want that."Some women online have expressed similar sentiments. However, rather than feeling old, they have said that they don't want to be reminded of their own mothers. One user posted on parenting forum What To Expect, saying that her own mother caused her "non-stop stress" for her entire life. She said that she worried about becoming a mum for that reason, because she dreads hearing the word. However, after receiving feedback from other forum users, she concluded that associating the word with more positive things would help her make the transition into motherhood. So, are you happy with being called a 'mum'?