“Did he do that too?” people will ask, pointing at you, my first-born. I can’t remember. I rack my brain trying to…

Every September 11 we mourn, but every September 12 we choose.

To the mom sitting a few rows up, I saw you yesterday, traveling with your two small babies – I saw you. …

I stopped wearing diapers this week. (For those unaware, postpartum recovery means weeks of uterus shedding and bleeding for the birthing parent)…

And I don’t want social media metrics to dictate how I measure up as a mother.

Part I: When my partner and I decided to have children together, we talked about a lot of things. We discussed breastfeeding…

"As I walked passed, you asked (shouted) the worst thing anyone has every said to me in my life:HEY! YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR BABY!"

The pregnant body is complicated, a duality. It has potential for life, while still a life of its own. It is both…

Chalk control up to another one of those sacrifices that martyrs, I mean mothers, are just expected to make.