grown-ups

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: The Non-Gestational Parent Perspective and My Enduring Love for Pickles (37 Weeks)

“I think you underestimate the amount of time I spend thinking about Remi.” – Waffle

KaeLyn —

Aug 1, 2016

baby-making

grown-ups

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Embracing Queer Family and Adorable Dino Couture (35 Weeks)

I asked Waffle to curate a gallery of favorites from our very expansive dino-themed baby wardrobe. I didn’t have to ask twice.

KaeLyn —

Jul 18, 2016

baby-making

fatness

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Loving My Fat Mama Self and Itchy All Over (33 Weeks)

Extreme itchy scratchies, body-positive parenting, fat pregnant femme feelings, nesting, dill pickles, Korean pancakes and more as I fly past the eight-month mark.

KaeLyn —

Jul 4, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over My Multigrain Waffles and Whimsical Onesies (31 Weeks)

I started the 31st week of my pregnancy crying over the kitchen sink as I crammed my gestational diabetes breakfast into my mouth. It wasn’t the pregnancy hormones this time.…

KaeLyn —

Jun 20, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Pregnant Adoptee Feelings and Dino Decal Decisions (29 Weeks)

Being an adoptee has made being pregnant all that much more strange and interesting.

KaeLyn —

Jun 6, 2016

baby-making

gay families

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Sipping My Way Into the Third Trimester (27 Weeks)

“Sometimes I turn to Waffle and randomly exclaim, ‘This is happening!’ I should probably stop doing that as we get closer to, like, the possibility of me going into actual…

KaeLyn —

May 23, 2016

baby-making

gay families

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: “Mommy” Feelings and Dinosaur Mobiles (25 Weeks)

There is no chance I’m going to evade the Cult of Mommy-ness. My undercut can’t save me.

KaeLyn —

May 9, 2016

baby-making

gay families

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over MasterChef Junior and Halfway There (23 Weeks)

I’m not a crier. I really resist the idea that hormones affect me, but pregnancy hormones affect me. OMG.

KaeLyn —

Apr 25, 2016

gay marriage

grown-ups

first person

So, We’re Getting Married Now?

“Neither of us were comfy with the public spectacle of the thing, especially G. She didn’t like the thought of publicizing our private relationship. We also felt a bit blah…

Caitlin Crawshaw —

Jan 28, 2016

baby-making

greatest hits

queer pregnancy

Gayby Maybe? The Epic Queer Parenting Roundtable!

Our panel answers your questions about getting knocked up, adopting, the challenges and rewards of queer mom life, and so much more!

KaeLyn —

Dec 7, 2015

gay moms

greatest hits

queer pregnancy

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

grown-ups

personal essay

first person

I’m Single, I’m 36, and I Think That’s Fine

“Becoming secure with being alone has relieved the frantic pressure to believe that every new person I meet might be the next person with whom I enter into a significant…

Meaghan O’Malley —

Oct 26, 2015