Momologues

Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.

Jun 25, 2022

My healthcare team saved me.

My husband and I really wanted a baby. We were in our mid thirties. We’d been trying for a year. I got pregnant. We were ecstatic. I...

Jun 25, 2022

I never asked

A different twist. My mom had two abortions when I was a teenager. Granted, she was seventeen when I was born...three months into being...

Jun 25, 2022

I was depending on my IUD to work

I had just graduated college. 22 years old. Left my boyfriend. Had a fling. Learned I was pregnant. Not sure which guy. Fresh out of...

Jun 25, 2022

I thought, “I can’t work through another pregnancy”

When I was 32, after having my two daughters and numerous failed pregnancies, I had an abortion. My husband and I knew that we were done...

Jun 25, 2022

I fell pregnant again 7 months later

I was only 23, just started my first “big girl” job. I was engaged, but my fiancé was involved in an unpaid apprenticeship. My god we...

Jun 24, 2022

I'm so thankful for Planned Parenthood

I am so thankful for Planned Parenthood; I think I am the first generation of women who could get contraception, without parental...

Jun 24, 2022

Neither of Us Felt Ready

We accidentally got pregnant right after getting engaged. Neither of us felt mentally, emotionally or financially ready to have a baby....

Jun 24, 2022

Pro-life v. Pro-control

I am a privileged white woman. I am happily married and have three healthy sons. My husband has had a vasectomy and we do not want any...

Jun 24, 2022

I Have Never Told Anyone About This

I had an abortion after my divorce. I slept with just about anyone I could because I felt empty. My daughter was gone to her dads most...

Jun 24, 2022

He wanted to get me pregnant without my consent

My first abortion was at 24 when I was living in Oregon. I found out at about eight weeks. I had no money, a gig job and lived across the...

Nov 1, 2021

One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Driving through Utah on our way to Zion National Park, I keep checking my phone, looking for some bars. I can’t believe that our fate is...

Oct 20, 2021

I lost something

I realized I had lost something I hadn’t had before, after touching base with my new neighbor, years after I had lost it. She was...

Dec 13, 2020

Baby absorbing baby.

Trigger Warning: This story contains subject matter relating to Vanishing Twin Syndrome. We had tried just about everything to get...

Dec 13, 2020

The death of a future I thought I was going to have.

There is nothing like being a mother. Our stories are unique, and should be honored as such. If we don’t, many vulnerable women will feel...

Dec 13, 2020

My partner deserves it. I do too.

I’d done the single parent deal, and the “force it to work because we have a kid” situation. I’d made multiple attempts over the first 6...

Dec 13, 2020

I write this not knowing what the future holds

Trigger Warning: This story contains subject matter relating to miscarriage. Pure exhaustion, beyond any flu; vulnerability that can’t be...