Reading the Body
January 22nd, 2026 | by Maria Olujic
A cousin, swollen with her third child, stood still while the women circled her like a secret
Browsing the "Pregnant!" Category
A Tiny Crackling Ember
December 3rd, 2025 | by Deborah Richardson
Our method of birth control was not a method at all, according to my nurse at Planned Parenthood
Please Rate Your Expectations of Motherhood (excerpts from a pregnancy diary)
November 7th, 2024 | by Brittani Sonnenberg
snippets of a pregnancy diary, illustrated
Show’s Over: Living in the Shadow of Prepartum Depression
August 26th, 2024 | by Brittani Sonnenberg
It began as soon as I began to “show”: the assumption, from near strangers, that it was fine to grope
Metamorphosis
August 1st, 2024 | by Stephanie Damplo Luke
Do women feel transformed with each pregnancy?
Maiden, Mother, Bitch
June 12th, 2023 | by Stephanie Sprenger
In a culture obsessed with youth and all things supple, how does one embrace a role some traditions actually label a hag
I’m Not Going to Pop: In Search of Better Pregnancy Metaphors
November 17th, 2022 | by Finn Schubert
What other shapes can we give a pregnancy narrative
Just Bare Your Belly
May 16th, 2022 | by DW McKinney
It does not escape me that critiques about expectant Black women like me are also rooted in misogynoir