Not Expecting
Lexi Weber Johnson, Jade JurEssays about infertility, identity, and the life that begins after you stop trying.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 47 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Infertility makes you weird at brunch.
It’s World Infertility Awareness Month, which means my Instagram feed is full of brightly colored graphics reminding me that infertility affects millions of people. They provide statistics and percentages and carefully designed graphics in...
A New Orleans Itinerary for Healing After Infertility
A practical guide to a city large enough to hold both grief and joy.
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"This feeling won’t last forever."
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An open letter to the childless not by choice.
Last year, I tried to treat Mother’s Day like any other day.
I went to a spin class, which, of course, was filled with mothers and daughters taking selfies. I wandered through Marshall’s, past the faux flower bouquets and displays of #1 Mo...
“You never know what could happen.”
The Anti-Solution Series: Issue #2
There are a handful of things people say when they find out you’re not having children. Most of them are framed as comfort, a helpful workaround, an overly optimistic pivot. What they have in common is th...
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Lexi is a writer exploring life after trying for a baby and finding herself somewhere unexpected. She writes about grief, freedom, and joy beyond parenthood in her newsletter Not Expecting.
Jade is a journalist from Australia. Her hobbies include overthinking, long walks with long podcasts and napping.
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