DR. JESSICA ZUCKER on the Politics of Postpartum Bodies
February 25th, 2014 | by Jessica Zucker
A close friend of mine from graduate school was in town over the weekend, someone I hadn’t seen since I
SARAH BREGEL Asks Her 29-Year-Old Husband to Get a Vasectomy
February 24th, 2014 | by Sarah Bregel
Four years ago, a daughter came bursting into my world, splitting it, and me, wide open. The pregnancy was long
WHAT THEY CALLED ME: MAMAPANTS Comics by Tyler Cohen
February 20th, 2014 | by Tyler Cohen
More MamaPants comics from the amazing Tyler Cohen!
Erika Kleinman on PREECLAMPSIA
February 19th, 2014 | by Erika Kleinman
At our four-month prenatal appointment, our midwife took my blood pressure and sat back, her eyes wide. “Whoa,” she said.
MALAINA POORE Interviews Her Kids About Middle School
February 14th, 2014 | by Malaina Poore
I have two kids in middle school. Go ahead and feel sorry for them, and for me. Isis is 13
Bronwyn Davies Glover on ‘PROVING’ GENDER
February 13th, 2014 | by Bronwyn Davies Glover
“I can prove your child’s gender!” I look blankly at a woman’s excited expression as she sits herself down beside
CAROLL SUN YANG on A Mother’s Fear of Death
February 12th, 2014 | by Caroll Sun Yang
The death of my only child occurs to me on certain occasions that have no pertinence to death whatsoever. Death
MIL by Frances Badalamenti
February 12th, 2014 | by Frances Badalamenti
The morning after enduring twenty hours of sober-no-pain-drugs labor, two months after my mother died, I am sitting on the
JESSICA PATTON PELLEGRINO on the Importance of Dating Your Coparent
February 11th, 2014 | by Jessica Patton Pellegrino
My husband, Moses, and I recently went to open house night at my stepkid’s high school. It was our first
THE NASTY, HIDEOUS, DARK, TERRIFYING, FUCKING BEAUTIFUL STUFF OF AN ENTIRE UNIVERSE II By Jenny Heineman
February 10th, 2014 | by Jenny Heineman
18. There is another human being inside me who dreams her own dreams about colors and sensations. 19. The repetitive