Momologues

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...

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, ...

Listen, I never liked kids before having my own. I never cared about childhood development. I never knew babies were whole humans that...

"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...

Birth and death seem to go hand in hand. The immense feelings, emotions, and experiences that come with motherhood are unexplainable, ...

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,...

My partner and his 1st wife had a baby girl born with anencephaly (underdeveloped brain and incomplete skull). He held her; SHE carried...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

Five pregnancies, one abortion, two miscarriages, and two live births. All such different experiences and I was a different person for...

Growing up in a southern baptist household, sexuality was shameful- the only option was abstinence until marriage. Even though my family...

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...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...