*Features*
A Little Bit Crazy by Jennifer Schaefer
“I found myself doing something the other day that made me realize that I really have lost my mind, just a little bit. It was surreal, as if I were watching someone else performing. ” Read full story.
Lost and Found by Magan Crane
“I was afraid that in the place of a little life, a little piece of darkness had been planted inside me.” Read full story.
The Bumpy Road to Memoirville by Tracy Morris
“If I had a nickel for every author who made some claim that her book, *this* story, is the missing piece of the publication puzzle for every woman who has ever had trouble having a baby…” Read full story.
*Regular Exhalers*
My Infertility, Month-By-Month
The Second Month by Cindy “Murdgan”
“The ultrasound will be performed internally, and while it may not be comfortable, it will give you a bird’s eye view of your empty womb, which is truly a moment to treasure.” Read full story.
Meditations on Life After Loss: Today I Cried by Cara Tyrrell
“My body felt heavy, weighted down by my past and the sudden obvious truth: Emma lived here.” Read full story.
Coming to Terms: Thought Bubbles of a (Barren) Woman by Pamela Jeanne
“Hey, universe — does reminding me every 28 days for the past 15 years that my womb is useless accomplish anything remotely worthwhile?” Read full story.
Life After Death: The Grass is Always Browner by Arielle Greenberg
“When I hear someone else’s story — of multiple miscarriages, of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, of years of fertility treatments — I shake my head and think, No way. No way I could survive that.” Read full story.
Knocked Around: An Expired Carte Blanch by Monica LeMoine
“For a whole year I’d been wallowing in my own intense fear of babies…of anything that might remind me of Zachary and trigger sadness. I’d felt entitled and accustomed to this fear…” Read full story.
Infertility Bites: How Infertility Changes Foreplay by Natalie “Chicklet”
Creation from A to Z: Christina’s Books, Blogs, & Bits by Christina Gombar
” In the same way that the pill ushered in both the sexual revolution of the sixties and the feminist resurgence of the seventies, the fertility frenzy has impacted society of the nineties and aughts…” Read full story.