How I Got Through My Miscarriage
The second thing that helped was the staff. The sonographer took the time to look me in the eye, her voice soft, and explain that I was the one in …
Motherhood
Lily Allen’s Comments About Motherhood “Totally Ruining” Her Career Have Gone Viral. The Truth of the Matter Is a Little More Complicated
I think being cast as Rizzo in my high school production of Grease—only to discover that every time I sang in public it sounded like someone failing to start a …
Why Are We So Obsessed With Enormous Families?
It all started with a video of a woman making her own cheese. I have no idea how, but at some point last year, my screen-swiping finger led me down …
Teaching Your Child to Identify Their Feelings Is One of the Most Surreal Elements of Parenthood
February 11 marked the last day of Children’s Mental Health Week in the UK, a scheme that has only been running since 2015. (National Pizza Week, by contrast, was founded …
Some Sympathy for the So-Called ‘Almond Mom,’ Please
There’s a Philip Larkin poem I love that begins, “They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the …
My Selfish Christmas Tradition—And How You Can Do It, Too
It’s here: the anxiety apex ahead of the holidays. Who decided to make yesterday the shortest day of the year, when our lists are still so long? Who bobbled their …
The Best Maternity Dresses That Aren’t Actually Maternity Dresses
Below, a guide of some of the best non-maternity dresses that will work for your pre-baby body, your baby-growing body, your post-baby body, and everything in between! Prairie & Roomy …
7 Celebrity Couples on the Joys—And Complications—of Co-Parenting
“Never marry a man you wouldn’t want to be divorced from,” Nora Ephron once wrote, and while many people still don’t heed that wise advise, it’s always a pleasure to …
Actually, You Don’t Have to Wait Three Months to Tell People That You’re Pregnant
When I was about six weeks pregnant, I threw up lavishly and horizontally on the front wheel of someone’s car. To my horror, when I’d finished and stood up, I …
The 11 Things I Wish I’d Known About Life as a Single Mother
Well, I did it: My daughter is now a one-year-old. Together, we have navigated her babyhood, and somehow, 365 days later, she is a toddler. No longer is her age …