Momologues

Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.

My Son Didn't Mean to Hate Me.

My first husband was dissatisfied with his mother and when later in our marriage, he fell on hard times, he made it clear that he...

My body seems foreign but my baby is healthy.

After a surprise pregnancy and 9 months getting used to the idea of my new role, I had outlined my birth “preferences”. I had always...

‘Who will hold me?’ I wondered.

My last month of pregnancy I was wondering where my friends were. Busy with their business and not inviting me their fun. I guess due to...

What right did those people have to take her baby?

You’re getting fat. What are you pregnant? I smiled, having known that this moment was coming. She sat across from me, her own belly...

This baby felt foreign to me and I couldn't tell anyone.

I know now that I experienced postpartum depression with both of my boys, but to different degrees. Back then, there really wasn't a...

I write this not knowing what the future holds

Trigger Warning: This story contains subject matter relating to miscarriage. Pure exhaustion, beyond any flu; vulnerability that can’t be...