One is perfect, the other is two.
I thought mothers loved all their children the same? Well, I’m just going to say it, but I think I have a favorite. All I know is one...
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Momologues
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.
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Dec 13, 2020
Lost and found body parts
You’d never think that motherhood would involve so much losing and finding of my kids’ body parts! Not to mention the body parts I’ve...
Dec 13, 2020
Curing appendicitis with a garden hose.
Two summers ago on July 3rd, my 11 year old was complaining about a stomachache. We had been suffering in a heat wave, multiple days of...
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
Poop.
My husband promised not to tell me if I pooped during labor. Of course, I asked him anyway. He just stared at me - terrified. ~~~
Dec 13, 2020
Hey Babe...
Chloe, age 3, after telling her she was going to be a big sister: “Would you like a little sister or a little brother?” “Hmmmm, how about...
Dec 13, 2020
You never really get rid of that muscle memory.
I don’t usually talk about my pregnancy, birthing story, or the first two years of my son’s life. I stick to more upbeat topics. I was...
Dec 13, 2020
Three hot messes.
I can remember one evening shortly after returning to work after maternity leave and coming home from work/daycare with both girls....
Dec 13, 2020
Momma bear and nipple stimulation
With my second child, my water broke nine days early with the full moon, so baby was not really in any mood to join us yet. But we needed...
Dec 13, 2020
The day he didn't show up.
I’m going to start in the middle, on the day my husband forgot to show up. The day I gave birth to my second child. He showed up in body...
Dec 13, 2020
Self care.
I was thinking the other day about how I am not doing any self care lately, ever since the baby was born. It dawned on me- if I don’t...
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
Five things that I didn’t know about pregnancy:
1. When you’re pregnant, even your vulva gets fat. 2. After you have the baby, it still rules your body: breastfeeding, diet, back...
Dec 13, 2020
Impending vomit all day.
Morning Sickness: A cutesy, sweet, non-threatening, non-medical sounding term. Clearly invented by men. For me, so called MORNING...
Dec 13, 2020
Anticipation
My first baby, woke me up in the middle of the night. Woke dad up, we were excited, and nervous! There were no cell phones back then, so...
Dec 13, 2020
Can I see your vagina?
“Mom, can I see your vagina?!” “No honey.” “Ok moma, it’s beautiful.”
Dec 13, 2020
Terrified I wouldn’t recognize my own child
I remember right after my daughter was born they took her to the nursery, cleaned me up and moved me from the birthing room to a regular...
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...
Dec 13, 2020
I am discovering who I am, again
My nurse on the day we left the hospital: “isn’t it amazing, it’s like your heart left your body and is now in the world” she said. This...
Dec 13, 2020
I have two butts.
Around age 3 my daughter asked me why girls have two butts. “We don’t have two butts, just one.” I said. “I have two. My little butt (her...
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