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Can we please stop calling it a miscarriage?
Note: This article was previously published in Spread the Jelly. In honor of October being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, I am republishing it here. If you or someone you know has experienced a pregnancy loss, I am so incredibly...
Turns out, infertility didn’t make me a saint.
Note: This is a guest post and the 9th installment in the Becoming Mom Real Talk series, where I create space for women to share their journey to becoming a mom. This essay discusses infertility, IVF, and pregnancy loss. Please take care wh...
The Meal Train Ended. Postpartum Didn’t.
Despite what we may be led to believe, postpartum is a long and winding road.
Last Wednesday, I sat at a cafe waiting for a colleague to arrive when one of my best friends called. I had just taken on a new contract and was meeting on...
Mom Hack: The 20-Minute Reset That Actually Worked
Note: This is a guest post and the 8th installment in the Becoming Mom Real Talk series, where I create space for women to share their journey to becoming a mom.
A bit of context: I first met Ellie when she reached out to me on Substack t...
Pop Culture Still Misses the Mark on Infertility. Here’s why.
Note: This article discusses depictions of infertility, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth. Please take care while reading.
What We See On Screen Impacts Our Perceptions of Ourselves
My background is in impact media.
I most recently di...
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Essays on motherhood, fertility, identity, and the bumps along the way that shape us into the mothers we’re becoming. For women still figuring it all out.
Writer, mother, mountain lover, reader, and tree hugger. Just over here figuring it out as I go and trying to be kind to myself, the people around me, and the dirt I hike on.
Medical mom with a life, a lot of interests, and something to say about all of it. ✨ Essays + interviews on motherhood, life after hard things, personal style, and my weekly noticing. Come for the stories. Leave encouraged.
Founder of To Life Primary Care in DC/MD. Chief Medical Officer of Montgomery Hospice. Childbirth doula. Mom to 6 little joyful kids.
I study what motherhood does to the psyche, the identity, the body — then I throw a dance party about it. Psychotherapist. Co-founder of MFT/The Mom Dance Party. Writing here on matrescence, the mental load, and the insistence that moms deserve joy.
Amy Gallo Ryan is a Brooklyn-based writer whose personal essays have appeared in Vogue, Lit Hub and Hippocampus. Her infertility memoir, You May Feel a Bit of Pressure won a 2026 National Indie Excellence Award.
CEO of RESOLVE, fighting for everyone’s right to build a family.
Nicole is a mom, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She wrote this deeply personal essay for her sister Vaughan’s “Real Talk” series in hopes that more honest conversations around infertility, marriage, and motherhood help women feel less alone.
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