Health Why I Plan To Get Pregnant On Anti-Anxiety Meds
Laura Turner on her decision to remain on her medication while attempting to conceive a child.
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Family Reactions I’ve Had To People Describing Pregnancy In The Last Week
People describe pregnancy to me.
Health Postpartum Depression, Defined
Postpartum depression is not polite conversation.
Family My Mother, the Doula
Carly Lane considers her mother's job as a doula and her role in the lives of the mothers she supports.
Family On Fertility
"Sometimes friends trot my story out as an example of hope for others struggling with infertility . . . I don't want to be an example of anything."
Advice What To Expect When You’re Expecting, By Shirley Jackson
You should expect everything.
Food Abortion, or What We Want from Chickens
"Imagine a world with only eggs, only potential, only glue and meringue. Delicious, unless you crave chicken."
The Butter Loco Parentis: How (Not) to Talk to a Pregnant Woman
Aubrey Hirsch gives you some tips on how to talk to a pregnant woman in her latest 'Loco Parentis' column for The Butter.
Family First Steps: Searching for My Birth Family
Nicole Soojung Callahan on her decision to search for her birth family.
Family Tocolytic: On Pregnancy, Premature Birth, and the Female Body
Eman Quotah on the premature birth of her son, and other reasons she hates talking about pregnancy.
The Butter Loco Parentis: On Having Baby Number Two
Aubrey Hirsch reflects on pregnancy and parental empathy in this week's Loco Parentis column for The Butter.
Humor All the Posts on Every Third Trimester Message Board
"how to self-induce??" and other standbys from third trimester birth boards.
Fitness Feel the Burn: Working Out in Your Third Trimester
In which Nicole comes to the end of working out, at 35 weeks.
Books What to Expect When You’re Expecting: A Guide for Fictional Victorians
If you are a fictional Victorian, you may have unique pregnancy-related concerns.
Family On Pregnancy, Anxiety, and the Celeb Bump Watch
Marissa Maciel on experiencing anxiety in pregnancy, and the curious joys of living vicariously through knocked-up celebs.
