The Act of Breathing: A NICU Glossary
August 4th, 2022 | by Anahita Vieira
Trauma (medical): Poorly understood and rarely acknowledged. Symptoms include, but are not limited to: rage, shame, helplessness
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Lawton, Oklahoma
August 2nd, 2022 | by Melissa Wabnitz Pumayugra
Mere hours after she died in the room alone, stale potato chips left on the adjacent table, my son emerged.
This Was Not The Plan: On Birth, Grief, and a Pandemic Delivery
June 17th, 2022 | by Molly O. Kemper
It’s disheartening to hear someone sigh so morosely every time she looks up your vagina
A Story of Two Births
April 26th, 2022 | by Jennifer Alessi
Someone hit the call button. No one came.
Uterine Rupture
April 14th, 2022 | by Alyssa Sinclair
I am not sure I would call it the second time I gave birth, because it was more like it was just taken from me.
The Golden Hour
March 10th, 2022 | by Alyssa Sinclair
She wore only a diaper. There was an oxygen tube in her nose. There was an IV in one arm, bulky gauze taped in various spots on her hands.
Spirit of the Sun: Birthing Again at Home
January 31st, 2022 | by Laura Eliasieh
Pregnancy with my second daughter inspired me to deepen my understanding of our family’s ancestry. Connecting with the soulful past,
Body and Breath: My First Childbirth in Hospital
January 24th, 2022 | by Laura Eliasieh
Readying myself to become a mother, giving birth, and embracing my daughter for the first time enlightened me to the
A Better Mother: On Breastfeeding in a Pandemic
January 13th, 2022 | by Julia Nusbaum
There was a pandemic raging outside the walls of my hospital room. All I wanted was to keep my baby safe.
Bloody Show
January 4th, 2022 | by Ariel McCleese
I said I missed my mom, and the nurse started crying and told me to think of the women upstairs, the ones who have COVID and are doing this alone.