Browsing the "Milk" Tag
First Unbroken Sleep
June 13th, 2022 | by Anna Laura Reeve
After four and a half hours of unbroken sleep I feel like a swan The ‘trying to
A Classic Breastfeeding Conundrum Explained
May 9th, 2022 | by Rachel Deutsch
Whatcha gonna do though
Elegy for My Magical Milk-Producing Breasts
April 6th, 2021 | by Erica Hoffmeister
I hear the platitudes: you’re going to miss these days. Despite years of correcting assumptions about my never-baby-fever, I begin wondering if the adage is, in fact, accurate. I’ve lit myself on fire with feeling guilty for my inability to revel in the moment. I just want it to end.
When the Monsters Live in Mom’s Closet
August 31st, 2020 | by Lauren Tanabe
After months of attempting every contortion that existed in the space between her mouth and my breast, it became clear that if I wanted her to have my milk (and this, I knew I needed), it would have to be pumped, squeezed, and wrung out of me
Extended Breastfeeding: A Lesser Known Punishment
September 10th, 2019 | by Aja Haynes
Many of us know the story: God makes a forest. God puts man and woman in the forest. God tells
Kristine Jepsen’s VIEW FROM THE BACKSEAT
June 11th, 2019 | by Kristine Jepsen
I get all the kisses, right? Because if I had lots of brothers and sisters, I wouldn’t get all the
A Young Dog, an Old Dog, a Nursing Child
March 19th, 2019 | by Abby Walthausen
The night before my first child’s due date, my dog went missing. It was the Fourth of July, and even
AREN AIZURA on CHESTFEEDING
January 30th, 2019 | by Aren Aizura
Chestfeeding. Autocorrect doesn’t know this word and changes it to chested. Chestfeeding was what my daughter Kit and I did
Mama don’t have time for low fat: Poems
April 27th, 2018 | by Elana R.L. Story
For the body of a mother In the end, I wished for stretch marks to line my body like