Mama don’t have time for low fat: Poems
April 27th, 2018 | by Elana R.L. Story
For the body of a mother In the end, I wished for stretch marks to line my body like
Browsing the "Birth Stories" Category
Like Pulling a Baby Out of a Hat
March 27th, 2018 | by Carla Bruce-Eddings
I remember when the promise of adulthood spelled money, success, and power. An end to clumsiness, both bodily and emotional,
CUPCAKES AND CANCER
January 22nd, 2018 | by Kristen Forbes
The day my daughter was born, I sent my parents on a mission. The plan was simple: while I was
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
Everyone Out Including the Baby
October 25th, 2017 | by Andrea Askowitz
At midnight, my midwife, Dana, drove me to the Hollywood Birth Center. My mom, her boyfriend Bob, and my two
AND WE HAD IT GOOD: An Accounting
May 23rd, 2017 | by Emily Kramer
In a slim drawer under my printer I have a collection of unpaid bills. $426.88; $297.29; $2,072.08. All costs related
Ragged: A Stillbirth Story
May 12th, 2017 | by Gabriella Belfiglio
Scattering Here bone and here skin— no teeth in these ashes—you didn’t have time to grow that sharp bite
Now the “I” is Us—A Birth After IVF Story
April 23rd, 2017 | by Nadine Kenney Johnstone
The National Infertility Awareness week runs from April 23rd to 29th. In observing this week, I’d like to share the story
“You Forget How Painful It Is” — An After-Birth Story from THE BEST WE COULD DO
March 24th, 2017 | by Thi Bui
This event is such a blur to me now. I’m glad I recorded it, because it was the change
Radical Care for Pregnant People: Jacqui Morton Interviews THE DOULAS
January 12th, 2017 | by Jacqui Morton
Doula. Don’t you love this word? Its very presence has purpose. Doula is derived from ancient Greek. The core of