babies
Arguably, more people are going to see my abdomen than my ladybiz, but I'm more concerned about the latter's appearance.
pregnancy
That's nearly $100 per pound. Yes, I know. I know.
pregnancy
I don't actually know many women who don't spend most of their pregnancy-testing time staring at the result window in a cold sweat.
ihtm contest
The next day I checked the mail to see that he had mailed me an envelope without even putting my name on it. Seriously. Because he didn’t know my name.
babies
Portrait of the artist as a barren spinster.
The…
teen pregnancy
First of all, this is a campaign designed to make people feel bad.
birth control
Or, the mystery of the suddenly gigantic boobs.
pregnancy
You will suffer this psychotic laughter at very inopportune moments. Like when you are watching Rue die in "The Hunger Games" in a crowded theater on opening weekend.
assault
Never leave any stone unturned when it comes to taking down a pregnant woman.
pregnancy
We all know giving birth is crazy. What a lot of women DON'T often discuss is all of the absolutely insane ways your body freaks out after your baby drops.
infertility
Fostering is completely different than adoption, which is completely different than pregnancy. All are wonderful, but different. Remember that.
babies
As my life plan has begun to unfurl, it looks less and less likely that pregnancy will be a part of it.
cervix
The joy and the wonder of having new life growing inside of you, the fierce bond you develop with your fetus and the supposedly hot fetish sex. I pretty much hated every moment of it.
pregnancy
One in five discrimination complaints filed by cis women are pregnancy-related, and they usually involve retaliatory firing.
ihtm contest
Fifteen weeks pregnant, on a Friday night, while watching "Kitchen Nightmares" and gorging on Taco Bell I began hemorrhaging.
children
This was originally going to be a story about how the book "50 Shades of Grey" got me pregnant. Sadly, it’s now about something completely different.
pregnancy
Gods of writing and all that is decent, this is the only time I will ever use the term "baby bump."
family drama
My focus wasn’t on my very real husband, but on imaginary offspring. I became a sperm junkie.
pregnancy
I had five miscarriages by the time I was 39 years old. I think with six you get an egg roll.
mothers
Seeing my mother struggle with parenthood makes me wonder if history will repeat itself.
babies
I purchased prenatal vitamins, took a picture of the jar and Texted it to my boyfriend with the following caption: “My vitamin-enriched womb will be the best nest ever!"
miscarriage
At some point during those terrible first weeks I started regularly screaming, “I wish I would just have a miscarriage” during panic attacks.