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  • Vaughan | Becoming Mom

    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.

  • Meggie Arbelaez

    From a medical mom, for moms navigating the hard, beautiful, ordinary parts of life. Stories, perspective & reminders to notice the good. Come for the stories. Leave encouraged.

  • Charlotte Grinberg, MD

    Founder of To Life Primary Care in DC/MD. Chief Medical Officer of Montgomery Hospice. Childbirth doula. Mom to 5 little joyful kids.

  • Elizabeth Wellington

    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

    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.

  • Danielle Melfi

    CEO of RESOLVE, fighting for everyone’s right to build a family.

  • Nicole Bagley

    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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