Sublime

Pregnancy brings about the birth of not one but two new beings. Mother is not a fixed identity; we are dynamic and grow along with our young. The

My tongue, my body—they’re pleasure-seeking missiles launched the day I was born, and that I have no idea how, and no desire, to shut down.

lactose,

Fetal health became more of a concern than maternal health.

Our culture tends to think about pregnancy in terms of the limitations it places on our bodies and lives, big and small. No

We are caught between how we were raised and how we really want to live. We should feel free rather than limited.

We are caught between how we were raised and how we really want to live. We should feel free rather than limited.

As I age, the more convinced I am that the concept of “normal” is the most toxic thing in our culture.

Nearly one in four new mothers in America return to work just two weeks after giving birth—but