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
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“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
ON THE CORNER OF AVENUE I AND OCEAN PARKWAY: A Birth Story in Comics by Summer Pierre
December 23rd, 2016 | by Summer Pierre
Having a baby in the back of a minivan in snowy Brooklyn was not in my birth plan, but when
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
The Full Baby Scrum or DEAR MOTHERS IN CHRONIC PAIN by Megan Moodie
November 17th, 2016 | by Megan Moodie
I was in labor for like eighteen hours until I had just finally had it. I didn’t want to, but,
BIRTH THREATENS CLOSER—Poems by Samantha Barrow
November 3rd, 2016 | by Samantha Barrow
BIRTH THREATENS CLOSER The water level rises under my skin Swollen Bloated —logical terms to capture this state
A WOMB OF THEIR OWN: Filmmaker Cyn Lubow Talks with Charlie King-Miller
October 26th, 2016 | by Charlie King-MIller
As a genderqueer butch, I found pregnancy to be very isolating. My doctors misgendered me, my clothing stopped looking right
I MADE MY 16-YEAR-OLD WATCH THE VIDEO OF HIS BIRTH—Comics by AYUN HALLIDAY
October 25th, 2016 | by Ayun Halliday
It’s every teenage boy’s dream, right? Comics by Ayun Halliday, reprinted from Narrative.ly
THE HOURS (AND HOURS, AND HOURS…): An Interview with Pamela Erens
September 28th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
How long? How many hours (and hours, and hours…)? New mothers find ourselves urgently asking each other for numbers, after birth. We