At The Pump
By Alexandria Peary I’m lying on my side on hospital sheets low on thread count and high on antiseptics. The nurse presents me with my baby, a big-nosed reddish sleeper, while the progressive-seeming...
View ArticleThe Accidental Lactivists
By Mira Saxena The Breast Whisperer was at our door. It was day two home from the hospital after the birth of my first child, and no amount of reading or lactation class preparation could have readied...
View ArticleThe Accidental Exclusive Breastfeeder
“Accidentally” becoming an exclusive breastfeeder. Let me start by saying, I’m no lactivist. I think breastfeeding is great, if that’s what you’re into. I think formula is great, too. I’m...
View ArticleGood Enough
By Katherine Dykstra My son, slapped red and squinty and no bigger than a sack of flour, was curled up on my chest, panting, shocked by light and air and breath. My husband Parker stood over us, tears...
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