MOMMM! You are beautiful!
I gained a lot of weight during my late thirties pregnancies. I nursed two babies for a combination of 51 months. Both left my body with...
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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
Chi chi
My daughter discovered a tampon in an old purse of mine and said,”I know what this is for. Girls but them up their butts to keep babies...
Dec 13, 2020
They didn't push him up, they didn't sew my cervix shut
Trigger Warning: This story contains subject matter relating to death. Something felt wrong. I went to the bathroom and knew something...
Dec 13, 2020
They don’t tell you so much. They can’t.
"They don’t tell you so much. They can’t. No one can tell you what it will be like to be ten days overdue, lost in a hazy world of...
Dec 13, 2020
We're made for this shit.
“I hate to tell you this girl, but, we’re made for this shit.” That’s what my sister-in-law told me. Three months post baby, I was...
Dec 13, 2020
They had to sedate her
Trigger Warning: This story contains subject matter relating to suicide. I work in the deli at Hannaford. I am in the chicken room...
Dec 7, 2020
"Get it All Out" Kind of Vomiting
Right around the time I was figuring out that I was infact pregnant I vomited in a trash can at Save-U-More. It was in the front...
Dec 7, 2020
Dumb vaginas
When my daughter was about four she finally noticed that her Dad's parts were different than hers. We were taking a family sauna and she...
Dec 7, 2020
I've seen worse
My dad’s Alzheimer’s was ramping up when I was pregnant with my daughter. When I went into labor he insisted on being there, even though...
Dec 7, 2020
Incompetent Cervix
Five days after my due date, there was still no baby, no effacement, and I was not dilated at all. Being diagnosed with an “incompetent...
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