The Train to Chongqing
June 13th, 2019 | by Rachel Aimee
July 7, 2010 “I feel like we’re on a train in Asia.” I was actually lying in a bed in
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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
Of Firsts and Donuts: Comics
May 4th, 2018 | by Grace Farris
I started drawing comics as a child, and wrote a daily comic strip for my college newspaper. I came back
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
WHAT TIME IS IT: When a Feminist Shakes it for Morris Day
October 19th, 2017 | by Gayle Brandeis
I thought I was hallucinating. A couple of days before, I had been sitting next to my six year old
THE BEATING: A Birth Story by Jennifer Lewis from RAD FAMILIES
December 9th, 2016 | by Jennifer Lewis
I’m lying on the operating table crucifix-style with leather straps binding my arms. The needle in my spine has erased
Incubated from the World: HILA RATZABI’s Premature Birth Story
July 12th, 2016 | by Hila Ratzabi
Through a haze of painkillers, I awoke in the postpartum room to the sound of the news on TV: hundreds
QUIET PLEASE: A (Still) Birth Story by Nina Capelli Oppenheim
February 18th, 2016 | by Nina Capelli Oppenheim
Later I thought of it as the walk of shame. A nurse led Tommy and me from a hospital observation
“My daughter secretly has cancer or something. Don’t freak out,” says S. LYNN ALDERMAN
February 10th, 2016 | by S. Lynn Alderman
When I was 8-months pregnant, I got really sick. Actually, I had that Princess-Kate-vomit-party-problem for the first few months, so
CHARLOTTE O’BRIEN on How Not to Die During Childbirth
November 23rd, 2015 | by Charlotte O'Brien
I didn’t know I was dying. These days, women don’t typically die during childbirth. I’d read all the books, taken
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