Frayed: Reclaiming My Body After Pelvic Organ Prolapse
February 26th, 2025 | by Harper Hutchinson
The push present I’d never wanted
Browsing the "surgery" Tag
My Brain on Bedrest
September 15th, 2022 | by India Garms
This is where I finally got to cash in on my “Person-with-a-Uterus-Who-Wishes-to-Do-Away-With-It” Punch Card: I had already given birth (at 16, no less), I was married, I was 30. Tic-tac-toe, three in a row
The Making of a Grownup: Part II
April 10th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
I knew we would be sending Wolf into love, but I wanted to send him into peace, too. Or, I wanted him to stay with us
The Making of a Grownup: Part I
April 3rd, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
One FaceTime chat later, we were on our way to Fresno to meet this baby and his parents, leaving my parent behind
The Only One/The Lucky One
October 28th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
Walking up to the surgery floor, you feel the weight of the year your daughter has spent fighting this tumor. But it’s not the kind that holds you down. It’s the kind you push through, like swimming through water
Be Brave: Facing My Child’s Surgery
October 14th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
Surgery means Lucille might soon start to look the way she would have looked if a central giant cell granuloma had not happened to her face.
Scars: A Photo Essay
November 6th, 2018 | by Lyndsay Knowles
“What is that?” my son asks, his finger reaching out, pointing to a small stretch of skin above my belly