Links to good stuff on not wanting our sons to be “gentlemen,” the assumption that we will (and perhaps should?) hate our pregnant bodies, and slacker moms.
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still recovering: on my path out of a dreadful pregnancy
For the first sixth months of Simon’s life, I wondered: How long will I feel relieved every.single.day not to be nauseated and flattened? My pregnancy continued to loom large. Physically and emotionally, I was recovering–not from the birth, but from the difficult, unpleasant pregnancy. And then, sometime around the six-month mark, the intensity gradually ebbed. [...]
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done with done sauce and a side order of done: on family size, ambivalence, and decision-making
How does it feel to be ‘done’ having babies?