I can’t believe this choice is being taken away from us
I spent the first night of my son’s life with only him in the hospital, as my husband was tired and needed to go home to sleep. I didn’t...
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Momologues
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.
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Jul 10, 2022
It’s hard to be a mom when the word MOTHER somewhere in your psyche terrifies you
My childhood was filled with intense emotional and physical abuse. My mother was a single mom in the 80’s. My mother was mentally ill, ...
Jul 10, 2022
You never fully get the true picture of your own childhood until you parent your own child
Listen, I never liked kids before having my own. I never cared about childhood development. I never knew babies were whole humans that...
Jul 10, 2022
My mother is a grandmother now.
"My mother is a grandmother now she says to me let’s catch up so I put my book down take a deep breath say sure and she is already...
Jul 10, 2022
We all are born, we live and we all die, but fuck cancer.
Birth and death seem to go hand in hand. The immense feelings, emotions, and experiences that come with motherhood are unexplainable, ...
Jul 10, 2022
Nine months later, the same woman who counseled me for my abortion delivered my perfect baby boy
I knew I was pregnant. That’s not why I made an appointment at the family planning clinic. It wasn’t my first time in this situation,...
Jul 10, 2022
Thirty years ago, I went to that Anchorage clinic
My partner and his 1st wife had a baby girl born with anencephaly (underdeveloped brain and incomplete skull). He held her; SHE carried...
Jul 10, 2022
At my best friend's place, I took the medication with my mother by my side.
I was 26 years old. I had recently launched my own company. I had only recently begun to develop trust in my own ability to understand...
Jul 10, 2022
It takes a village!
“I want my mama” she wailed through her tears. But her mama wasn’t nearby. I offered her a hug and she melted into my arms. I carried her...
Jul 10, 2022
You can see him when you can walk around the nurses station without passing out
33weeks. My husband got clearance for one last business trip so he got on a plane. I was mid trial. I got a call from my doctors office...
Jul 10, 2022
My body belonged to me again
I had an abortion when I was a senior in high school in the early 2000s. It was a terrible time to come of age as a woman because our...
Jul 10, 2022
My joy quickly turned to paranoia
I found out I was pregnant unexpectedly at 42! We were so excited, it was everything that I wanted. We have a three year old but I...
Jul 10, 2022
Five pregnancies, one abortion, two miscarriages, two live births
Five pregnancies, one abortion, two miscarriages, and two live births. All such different experiences and I was a different person for...
Jul 9, 2022
Growing up in a southern baptist household
Growing up in a southern baptist household, sexuality was shameful- the only option was abstinence until marriage. Even though my family...
Jul 9, 2022
"For fucks sake, no one likes having an abortion"
My heart still pounds and races when I think of the 22 year old me, nearly 2 decades ago who stared at the stick with the two lines...my...
Jul 8, 2022
I’m telling this story anonymously for that reason
My pregnancy test came back positive on my oldest child’s birthday. I was stunned. I had been successfully using an IUD for many years....
Jul 8, 2022
She had no choice.
I am pro-choice. Pro every woman having a choice in how her life will continue. My mother had no choice. My mother was a beautiful,...
Jul 8, 2022
Women need to be able to make the choice
My husband didn’t want to have kids, and I thought I was okay with that. I had a lot of things to fill my life, and I loved him. Then...
Jul 8, 2022
I knew we’d made a mistake that night
If Led Zepplin was the soundtrack of my awakening to my own body in my late teens, a heady mix of sweat and Drakkar Noir cologne was the...
Jul 7, 2022
And was quick to discover..
When my son was about eight months old he needed a tub and I needed a shower. He enjoyed playing in the water so I put him in his...
Jul 7, 2022
Hockey Moms
In a high school varsity hockey game my son in his Jr. year, was going for a puck on the boards right in front of his team's bench. He...
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