Unrealistic Birth Plans and A Reality Check: On Giving Birth to Baby Number Five
August 7th, 2018 | by Marion Ruybalid
I had my whole birth plan thought out with baby number five. Our bedroom would be almost dark except for
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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
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
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
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
I WANTED A PERFECT BIRTH: Lilly Bright on Fractured Plans
September 19th, 2016 | by Lilly Bright
“….I have become a mother, which is an unspoken agreement to be forever vulnerable.” Terry Tempest Williams, When
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
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
CHARLOTTE O’BRIEN on How Not to Die During Childbirth
November 23rd, 2015 | by Charlotte O'Brien
I didn’t know I was dying. These days, women don’t typically die during childbirth. I’d read all the books, taken
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