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
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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
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
WE CONCEIVE: A Comic by Rachel Masilamani
June 4th, 2015 | by Rachel Masilamani
I am pregnant now, and it is amazing to feel my body growing and changing. As the weather gets warmer,
MAKING BABIES: An Essay in Comics by KATE LACOUR
May 20th, 2015 | by Kate Lacour
What happens to you inside when you become a parent? Having a child is a kind of death. It’s a
PLEASE DON’T TELL ME I’M CARRYING WELL by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
May 19th, 2015 | by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
I am eight-months pregnant and haven’t been called skinny this often since I was disguising my anorexia as just another
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE by Juniper Fitzgerald
March 12th, 2015 | by Juniper Fitzgerald
I belong to a class of people known only as whores. Our shadows pour over nighttime cobblestone, our lives exist
HERE IS SOME USEFUL ADVICE ABOUT PARENTING: Comics by Keiler Roberts
February 26th, 2015 | by Keiler Roberts
Keiler Roberts draws comics about her daughter, Xia, and other wonderful things in the world. She’s going to be a
IN MY THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, I DISCOVER FOOD: Melissa Chandler on Quitting and Craving
February 19th, 2015 | by Melissa Chandler
In my twenties and early thirties, given a choice, I preferred cigarettes over food. Not because I wanted to stay