Pregnancy & Motherhood

Posted on the Feb 09, 2011 by Carlin Ross
I can't get over this image.  Even Betty was transfixed.  The way they're looking at each other and the baby is looking up at them.  This is the nuclear family when it works. Alanis...
Posted on the Feb 05, 2011 by LesleyS
The past 3 months postpartum have been going so well, so smoothly. The baby has been sleeping all night and I felt really good with my sex life and relationship.
Posted on the Jan 14, 2011 by Carlin Ross
I'm all for Hitler bashing but I have a feminist bone to pick here.  Artist Ronald Manullang portrayed the fuhrer as a semi-naked pregnant woman as a punishment: "This is a terrifying, powerful...
Posted on the Dec 23, 2010 by LesleyS
So as I move through this 4th trimester, I am slowly reclaiming my body as my own. Most of the baby weight is gone, and I am feeling quite normal. My breasts, however, seem to be in a territorial war...
Posted on the Dec 06, 2010 by LesleyS
I have always felt very in tune with my body. I can feel ovulation happening each month, and when conception happened I remember saying to my husband " something is happening inside my body, I have...
Posted on the Nov 29, 2010 by VirginMonoblogger
I was asked if I would carry my gay friend's child in two to four years. He was being completely serious. I'm all for gay people adopting kids. It's COMPLETELY beyond me why ANYONE would choose to...
Posted on the Nov 23, 2010 by VirginMonoblogger
I have officially become a woman who can no longer precisely pinpoint the onset of nearing menses. How completely inconvenient. In the past months, I've started bleeding at the very beginning of a...
Posted on the Nov 17, 2010 by Carlin Ross
I can't imagine seeing a mother and child in our Congress.  I love this woman and what this image represents. Mrs Ronzulli, an MEP from Italy, took her tiny daughter Victoria to a vote  at...
Posted on the Nov 14, 2010 by Carlin Ross
I'm addicted to Teen Mom.  I watch every episode and I've been glued to my television since the new season started.  All new moms and all new drama. I'm always impressed at how these 16...
Posted on the Oct 31, 2010 by LesleyS
The transition from sexual being to pregnancy and childbirth is a long and rewarding journey. What does the road look like on the way back to reclaiming my body as a sexual being...here is my journey...
Posted on the Oct 18, 2010 by Logan Levkoff
I have been in a funk for the last few weeks. That's what happens when five gay teens in one week commit suicide because they've been bullied. As a sex educator and mom, these events are devastating...
Posted on the Oct 08, 2010 by Carlin Ross
A new study found that mothers are more critical of their daughters and more indulgent of their sons.  Susie Orbach shares her own experience: This confirms what, as a psychoanalyst, I have been...
Posted on the Sep 28, 2010 by Carlin Ross
Breasts are everywhere.  You can't watch an episode of the Real Housewives without gratuitous boobage.  And most people would agree that big boobs can take you places as evidenced by The Girls Next...
Posted on the Sep 26, 2010 by VirginMonoblogger
We all have mommy issues, right? I'm sure they're much more personified if you're female. I have been unhappy with the relationship with my mom for as long as I can remember. Not just unhappy, but...
Posted on the Sep 24, 2010 by Logan Levkoff
I am feeling a strange sense of deja vu. Over a year ago I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post entitled, Those Bad Breasts. It was a story of news program that included a live self-breast exam in...