February 26th, 2021 | by Jennifer Berney
Culturally, we tend to conflate three disparate things: sexual desire, the impulse to nurture, the ability to conceive and bear a child. We act as if a woman’s longing is proportionate to her fertility. I longed deeply, and therefore I was fertile—or so my logic went
January 8th, 2019 | by Allegra Hirschman
For me, trying to conceive was a clusterfuck of hope, disappointment, preoccupation, self-care, and self-doubt with a side of amateur
September 12th, 2018 | by Megan Pillow Davis
My husband makes sunny side up eggs with a side of hash browns and sausage. He gives my shoulder a
August 6th, 2018 | by Cheryl Klein
I haven’t read a single parenting book all the way through. I’m no fan of taking pride in ignorance, but
October 11th, 2017 | by Joanna Stein
On YouTube there are hundreds of videos explaining how same-sex couples could become pregnant on their own. Some of these
April 7th, 2017 | by Robyn Jordan
The older I get, the more I see themes and threads repeat and return that I might have thought were
March 23rd, 2017 | by Shannon Mowdy
“Have you tried standing on your head?” It is a bright Sunday morning, and my future mother-in-law and I are
May 4th, 2016 | by Lucy Knisley
Congratulations, Lucy! In fact, double congrats: These comics are gestating into a whole MUTHA-freaking graphic memoir about motherhood. Kid Gloves the book will
April 18th, 2016 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
The first time I set out to have a baby solo, before I decided to try it with the person
April 6th, 2016 | by Fiona Smart
I am a mother to Sienna, Sebastian and Tennyson. Today marks the second anniversary of the birth of our son
