On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
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Posted inNonfiction
I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural
On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
Posted inNonfiction
I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural
On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Parenting Class Dropout
A personal essay in which Paulette Kamenecka recalls how, during her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, she tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Parenting Class Dropout
During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Parenting Class Dropout
During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, First Chapters, Story
Getting Out the Message To Save Himself
In Don Waters’ short story “Full of Days,” a grieving Las Vegas man uses an anti-abortion billboard to justify his own pained existence.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Uncommon Sadness of the Common Miscarriage
After a miscarriage, Laura Turner faces the sadness of returning to everyday life.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Wait: Is There Such a Thing as a Good Miscarriage?
Jessica Grose recounts the agonizing waiting period after an inconclusive ultrasound, and considers whether there is such a thing as a good miscarriage.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Wait
On the agonizing waiting period after an inconclusive ultrasound and whether there is such a thing as a good miscarriage.