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VIDEO! Queer Mama Interviews +one: They Want To Help You Get Pregnant

+one, a new integrated product and platform that helps lesbian couples conceive, is poised to fill a serious void for us in terms of resources, materials, and peer-to-peer support.

haley —

Jun 8, 2015

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Pregnant Beginnings. Literally.

Ah, pregnant beginnings. Literally and figuratively. The first trimester of this rainbow pregnancy (yes, that’s actually the term for a pregnancy after a loss). Is it possible to grieve and…

Caitlin Zinsser —

Jun 4, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Four — First Trimester Realness

Fatigue, nausea, boobs like bowling balls, mood swings, the sweetest moments you keep to yourself, and so much more. It’s the first trimester and wow it’s a roller coaster!

haley —

May 21, 2015

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Taking a Chance on a Second Chance: Managing Fears, Anxiety and the Unknown When Getting Pregnant

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. After losing my first pregnancy at 24 weeks, how could we face the conception process again, with the added physical and…

Caitlin Zinsser —

May 11, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Three — Let’s Go Sperm Shopping!

“I kept having this ridiculous vision of, say, five years down the line being at a filmmaker meet up, looking across the room and recognizing my child in a stranger’s…

haley —

May 7, 2015

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My Pregnancy Was Perfect, and I Lost My Baby Anyway

Sometimes, even the best laid plans are, well, decimated. Even a type-A mega control freak like me couldn’t control my own body when I was pregnant — and I certainly…

Caitlin Zinsser —

May 6, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama Episode Two — How We Got Knocked Up

“There were good reasons we hadn’t started trying. But the bigger reason, which came out right there in a flood on cobblestones in the French Quarter, was that Simone wanted…

haley —

Apr 23, 2015

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VIDEO: Queer Mama Episode One — Meet Haley and Simone!

“But no matter what, I’ve always, always, always known that I would be a parent. I’ve always wanted to have a baby. Actually babies, plural. Lots of them. One miscarriage,…

haley —

Apr 9, 2015

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