Incubated from the World: HILA RATZABI’s Premature Birth Story
July 12th, 2016 | by Hila Ratzabi
Through a haze of painkillers, I awoke in the postpartum room to the sound of the news on TV: hundreds
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Sling City: Jade Sanchez-Ventura Tells THE STORY OF A BIRTH
June 8th, 2016 | by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
“Whether or not you have or want children, please don’t ignore the reality it is still permissible, in 21st-century America,
The Birth of Starfire: DANIE LOVE on How to Have a Baby in Fifteen Minutes
May 16th, 2016 | by Danie Love
My daughter came into this world like a shooting star. A rocket. An earthquake. She flew through me splitting me
I Asked My Son if He Missed His Birth Mom: NEFERTITI AUSTIN on Why Adoptive Parents Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Hard Questions
February 22nd, 2016 | by Nefertiti Austin
As a mother, November is just as important to me as May, because it’s National Adoption Month. Having adopted twice,
QUIET PLEASE: A (Still) Birth Story by Nina Capelli Oppenheim
February 18th, 2016 | by Nina Capelli Oppenheim
Later I thought of it as the walk of shame. A nurse led Tommy and me from a hospital observation
How My Ideas of Motherhood Changed When I Met My Wife–AMEENAH WINS Tells Her Story to Cianni Jackson
February 16th, 2016 | by Cianni Jackson
I’ve always known I wanted to be a mother; I just assumed it would come to me as a
“My daughter secretly has cancer or something. Don’t freak out,” says S. LYNN ALDERMAN
February 10th, 2016 | by S. Lynn Alderman
When I was 8-months pregnant, I got really sick. Actually, I had that Princess-Kate-vomit-party-problem for the first few months, so
SEVEN BIRTHDAYS by Katherine DM Clover
January 20th, 2016 | by Katherine Clover
Monday It is two in the morning. I slept for what, two hours? For a moment I lay awake in
THE STATE I’M IN: A Birth Story in Comics by Sacha Mardou, PART II
December 11th, 2015 | by Sacha Mardou
This is my story of navigating the messy, flawed, American healthcare system to having a low-key, British-style hospital birth. I’d
THE STATE I’M IN: A Birth Story in Comics by Sacha Mardou, Part I
December 4th, 2015 | by Sacha Mardou
This comic is about the most stressful nine months of my life, which in a way, turned out to be