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
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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.
Coming Up For Air
September 20th, 2021 | by Joanne Gallant
In our weeks spent in NICU, our son’s brain forgets to send his body the message to breathe
From a Volcano to the OR: A First Birth Story
August 3rd, 2021 | by Lara Henneman
The question that (so many) people will ask you is, will you try for a natural birth or get an epidural? Maybe they mean, are you a mother goddess or a weak modern girl?
Count
June 29th, 2021 | by Rachel Parsons
I’m so tired, I say. When do I get to stop? When the baby comes, the doula said
My Pandemic Valentine Baby: A Comic
February 12th, 2021 | by Jillian Dickson
A pandemic baby with a February 14th due date: fun times!
Joanna Clapps Herman’s NOA SONGS
December 11th, 2020 | by Joanna Clapps Herman
This creatura, miracoluccia, piccinina, thislittle, especially against my chest, arms splayed, loosened to comfort, in surrender.
How to Have an Unmedicated Childbirth
November 12th, 2020 | by Mary Grilli Jacobs
The most important thing to do, from the very beginning, is to follow all the rules. Go to school, and
The Only Way Out Is Through
October 29th, 2020 | by Marie Holmes
On my son’s eleventh birthday, nothing went as planned--just like on the day he was born