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...
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Momologues
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.
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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 20, 2021
The Gift
“And be REALLY CAREFUL, Mommie, it’s REALLY BREAKABLE!” Alden handed me the little package as if it contained a bubble still swirling...
Nov 20, 2021
Rage shows up sometimes.
When we were already late, but I chose to squeeze in 45 seconds to run the vacuum; which coincidentally, is enough time for both children...
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...
Feb 1, 2021
Blessed and torn.
I do not remember the first time my mother told me that God wanted me to be her child. I do remember she told me that she wasn’t able to...
Dec 13, 2020
My daughter lied.
My daughter lied. My sweet, quiet, honest (wasn’t she?!) daughter lied. And not just a little lie, but a big one - the kind with real...
Dec 13, 2020
‘Who will hold me?’ I wondered.
My last month of pregnancy I was wondering where my friends were. Busy with their business and not inviting me their fun. I guess due to...
Dec 13, 2020
Hear you, hearing you.
We have a funny saying in our home: ‘hear you, hearing you.’ It’s the not-subtle reminder that your children will take on, and repeat,...
Dec 13, 2020
What right did those people have to take her baby?
You’re getting fat. What are you pregnant? I smiled, having known that this moment was coming. She sat across from me, her own belly...
Dec 13, 2020
Razor rash in the nether regions
When my daughter was about four years old, we took the kids camping. The morning of day four of our trip, she and I headed to the...
Dec 13, 2020
Another poop one.
Everyone always asks if women really poop during birth. Yes, you absolutely do. And no, you absolutely do not care. ~~~
Dec 13, 2020
This baby felt foreign to me and I couldn't tell anyone.
I know now that I experienced postpartum depression with both of my boys, but to different degrees. Back then, there really wasn't a...
Dec 13, 2020
It was a shock to me.
Trigger Warning: This story contains subject matter relating to suicide. It was a cool November morning. I was cleaning up the kitchen...
Dec 13, 2020
Trusting a three year old is hard.
I’ve got a kid that hangs back. When it comes to new places and faces (or old ones, frankly), she buys her time. She watches. Assesses....
Dec 13, 2020
We knew prenatally that my daughter had Down Syndrome
The labor of my second daughter came on fast, and on our way into Boston, I almost gave birth to her on the Mass Pike. We made it to...
Dec 13, 2020
"Something's coming out and we don't know what it is!"
I was lucky to have my sister, ten years younger, living in town when I was pregnant. She came to all the birth classes with me, was...
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