KID GLOVES: Comics by Lucy Knisley
May 4th, 2016 | by Lucy Knisley
Congratulations, Lucy! In fact, double congrats: These comics are gestating into a whole MUTHA-freaking graphic memoir about motherhood. Kid Gloves the book will
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YOUR UTERUS HAS ITS OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM: A. V. Klotz on How She (Finally) Got Pregnant
April 30th, 2016 | by A. V. Klotz
You feel the blood before you see it, and by the third time, you know before you know. As if
BABY REMEMBER HIS NAME: Katherine Thome on Birth and Grief
April 13th, 2016 | by Katherine Thome
“And you shall call his name John.” Luke 1:13 “Well, should we call him John? Jack for short? Or
LETTER TO A YOUNG MUTHA from Devon Rae Hartwig
April 1st, 2016 | by Devon Rae Hartwig
Dear young MUTHA, This letter is not to patronize, infantilize, or criticize you. This letter is a form of solidarity,
MINK COAT: Jennifer Baum on When Her Mother Came to Her Abortion
March 23rd, 2016 | by Jennifer Baum
Alan and I walked into Planned Parenthood on 22nd Street in Manhattan at 11:30 Saturday morning. The place was overflowing
“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
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
“Welcome Moms and Dads! …And, Uh, Partners”: An Excerpt from QUEER ROCK LOVE by Paige Schilt
November 6th, 2015 | by Paige Schilt
Pregnancy made me feel really frugal. I vowed to wear only second-hand maternity clothes, I hoarded hand-me-down onesies, and I
By the Horns: MARY DOYLE on STDs and Pregnancy
October 26th, 2015 | by Mary Doyle
I. Before I could legally drink, I became a mother. Pregnant at nineteen and deathly afraid of hospitals, succeeding in