Strike One, Strike Two, Strike Three
My entry into motherhood wasn't sunshine and daisies. From the moment I found out I was pregnant I was scared. And I remained scared for...
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Momologues
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.
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Jul 23, 2022
Conversations with My Seven Year Old
7 yo: I need a bandaid. Me: For what? 7 yo: My knee. Me: What’s wrong with your knee? 7 yo: I’m afraid it’s going to faint. :: After...
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...
Jun 29, 2022
I squatted, reached inside and...
We were interrupted unexpectedly and he bolted out the back door so no one would know. The phone rings. On the other end was him. He said...
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
"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...
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
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
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
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 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...
Dec 13, 2020
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...
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 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...
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