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I Thought Getting Pregnant Was Hard; Then I Had a Toddler

“It’s funny. We have legal documents declaring our marriage valid in two different states. We’ve been together and in love for years. But it was the birth of our daughter…

Candice —

Feb 16, 2016

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Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Eleven — My Birth Story Wasn’t At All What I Expected

“The moment I met my child for the first time was nothing like I imagined it would be.”

haley —

Nov 19, 2015

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Somer Bingham

parenting & family

12 Ways I’m Still a Total Punk After Becoming A Mom

I hold on to those principles of starving artist days past and strive to integrate them into this new realm of diapers, strollers, and temper tantrums

Somer —

Oct 9, 2015

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Missing Someone Gone While Raising Someone New

They call a child born after a loss a rainbow baby. The storm left a devastating aftermath, but this rainbow is bringing us daily joy.

Caitlin Zinsser —

Oct 7, 2015

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The End, The Beginning: Notes from the Last Weeks of Pregnancy

We’re almost there! The interminable countdown to actually having a real, live baby is almost over!

Caitlin Zinsser —

Sep 14, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Ten — Third Trimester

“Y’all, I managed not to cry in this third trimester video, but here I am now, writing, tears rolling down my face at my desk, just a few feet away…

haley —

Aug 20, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Nine — Our Kid Doesn’t Have Two Moms

So what will Tiny call Simone?

haley —

Aug 6, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Eight — The Baby Shower

“I started looking at lists of what a baby “needs,” and, despite my supposed desire to raise my children with nothing more than a bearskin rug and my bare breasts,…

haley —

Jul 23, 2015

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Where Hope and Grief Can Co-Exist

How do we both honor our child’s memory and prepare to open our hearts again to a new child?

Caitlin Zinsser —

Jul 21, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Seven — Help Name Our Baby!

No, seriously.

haley —

Jul 9, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Six — Finding Out the Sex

“It wasn’t until after I heard confirmation from the doctor that our baby did in fact look healthy and well, until after I wiped the gel off my stomach and…

haley —

Jun 25, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Five – I Want To Be Pregnant Forever!

“I actually felt like the earth mother goddess I had envisioned becoming. I decided I wanted to be pregnant forever.”

haley —

Jun 11, 2015