Jan 2, 2023My mother looked down at her hands and said…"I’m pregnant."I would say my life has been defined in a large part by the lack of agency my mother had in her choice to have children. She was married...
Sep 23, 2022The Sonogram Tech Gave Me No SignsThree. For some reason three was the magic number in my head. Number one was so hard to conceive, to carry, to birth, to nurture. Number...
Jul 13, 2022The sound of that heartbeat cemented my faithMy husband was out of town for the day of my scheduled checkup. Home with our first born (via emergency cesarean), I was well into my...
Jul 11, 2022 I had never felt so much love as when she was placed in my arms.I spent eight months worrying about what it would be like when I finally went into labor. I had heard so many stories about painful birth...