A Beginner’s Guide to Birth in the Field
July 23rd, 2019 | by Linda Baird
You know it’s love when your husband helps tie off your newborn’s cord with his shoelace in the back of
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Holding Breath
April 30th, 2019 | by Shannon Brescher Shea
Lying on a hospital examination table, shivering despite the thin blanket draped over me, I stared at the ceiling and
Release
December 18th, 2018 | by Lenore Eklund
Once there was a woman who was a maker and a man who was a baker. The woman would make
Beds
August 16th, 2018 | by Marianna Marlowe
1 She falls back on the bed, spreading her legs. She is still fully clothed, as is he. He fumbles at
Unrealistic Birth Plans and A Reality Check: On Giving Birth to Baby Number Five
August 7th, 2018 | by Marion Ruybalid
I had my whole birth plan thought out with baby number five. Our bedroom would be almost dark except for
Shared Labor: A Birth Story
December 15th, 2017 | by Julia Whitehouse
When I told my husband, Ben, that I wanted to have a home birth with a midwife and a doula
AND WE HAD IT GOOD: An Accounting
May 23rd, 2017 | by Emily Kramer
In a slim drawer under my printer I have a collection of unpaid bills. $426.88; $297.29; $2,072.08. All costs related
BIRTH THREATENS CLOSER—Poems by Samantha Barrow
November 3rd, 2016 | by Samantha Barrow
BIRTH THREATENS CLOSER The water level rises under my skin Swollen Bloated —logical terms to capture this state
I MADE MY 16-YEAR-OLD WATCH THE VIDEO OF HIS BIRTH—Comics by AYUN HALLIDAY
October 25th, 2016 | by Ayun Halliday
It’s every teenage boy’s dream, right? Comics by Ayun Halliday, reprinted from Narrative.ly
I WANTED A PERFECT BIRTH: Lilly Bright on Fractured Plans
September 19th, 2016 | by Lilly Bright
“….I have become a mother, which is an unspoken agreement to be forever vulnerable.” Terry Tempest Williams, When
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