“He’s going to take this -- wand,” I warn her, “And put it up your hooch.” Dashiell makes a terrible face. “It’s like he’s playing a video game. He’s going to get it up there and clear a screen of Ms. Pac-Man.”
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We kiss and hug and eat croissants and Dashiell calls me into the living room for a surprise. I pull myself out of the pile of Sunday New York Times I’m shrouded in and waddle onto the couch. She has a big, wrapped present for me.
gender
Folks in my world have separated sex from gender so wholly that there is no way to comfortably relax into the idea of a baby girl being like THIS, or a baby boy being like THAT.
preganancy
Every now and then something surges inside me and I think, that’s a feeling. But then it goes away.
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“I’m not going to press charges,” Candy says, “But a lot of people would. You should know that. Your dog could be put down for this.”
childbirth
If these shady drugs don’t hook me up with a belly full of triplets or at least one good set of conjoined twins within six months, I think it’s time to move on to the harder stuff.
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Plus, Quentin may in fact have gonorrhea after all.
getting pregnant with michelle tea
Dashiell mostly wants the baby to look like a mini-us, which I understand but I know that my own beauty can be improved upon, and as a mother I just want what’s best for our baby!
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Smoking is for single people. Now that I found Dashiell, I want to live forever.
getting pregnant with michelle tea
Donor kids suffer from a higher rate of depression, addiction and crime, regardless of the economic standing of their family.
getting pregnant with michelle tea
My god is not a mean trickster god, nor is she a humorless taskmaster judging my pregnancy attempts and punishing me with infertility if I don’t kill myself trying.
fertility
A great Dad is really most certainly amazing, it is also a rarity, and so in 90 percent of the cases having no dad at all beats having a shitty Dad.
fertility
Rhonda’s back! She’s wearing sweatpants and some crazy shirt with a sunset…
babies
“I can’t stop THE BLOG!” I wail to Dashiell.
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Do I know anyone with a good dad?
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insemination
In Dr. Waller’s office, we learn how IVF works.
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I am bizarrely proud of myself and immediately want Marina to hang out in the room praising me for nonsense all day. The best patient!
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It’s frustrating when something is just a fact and you can’t call it out as anti-feminist propaganda.
pregnancy
At 41, I am in a stable relationship. I’m financially stable. Thanks to my meds, I’m emotionally stable. It’s crazy that now, when I am most suited to have kids, my body is over it.
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In my original plan, if I wasn’t with child by my 41st birthday I’d call it quits and split for Paris.
getting pregnant with michelle tea
Could the fertility industry be even more diabolical than the diet industry when it comes to hooking in women and draining of their hope and savings?
getting pregnant with michelle tea
Checking email on my phone while I wait for a flight to Los Angeles to visit my sister, I find one from Quentin. It’s titled "Immaculate Infection."
