Aug 4, 2020 3 min Nourish by Claire Miller You lie swaddled in lilac cloth and adoration, and I wince as hard plastic scratches at my nipple; a stranger mining my body for liquid gold
Jun 28, 2020 9 min Is It Still Beautiful? Motherhood and Mental Health During a Pandemic How do I deal with this guilt that says a good mother must never be too ambitious, must never leave her children’s sight?
Jun 24, 2020 14 min Writing Motherhood Taught Me About My Emotional and Psychic Inheritance by Megan Ross I felt abandoned and alone. I was told that it was at odds with what mothers should feel, do feel, after childbirth.
Jun 22, 2020 7 min Pregnancy Journeys by Marie-Ange Rukundo I never dreamed about what pregnancy would be like, I didn’t ever envision the whole thing from beginning to end.
Jun 21, 2020 13 min Gathering Myself Together by Temitayo Olofinlua To express pain is to let yourself go. To let your body scatter in many places. To scream is to transport your voice, your pain.
Jun 19, 2020 21 min After Three Children, Reclaiming My Body and My Mind It is now 17 years since the birth of my first child, and my altered body has finally begun to feel right.
Jul 2, 2020 3 min Slut by Ukamaka Olisakwe I stood under a shower, my breasts drooping closer to my stomach, and I thought: oh, you sad things! It’s too early to fall asleep.
Jul 1, 2020 1 min Birthing the Sacred Woman by Samantha Kolber What fire awaits her body’s glow To push bone against bone in that slow Transition from woman to mother.
Jul 1, 2020 1 min Birth of a Daughter by Samantha Kolber I can’t lie: it’s delicious, this time away from you; it’s precious, as are you.
Jul 10, 2020 8 min In Conversation With Chika Unigwe "My mother raised 7 children, loves us all unconditionally, and so I trusted her. I allowed her to take care of me and my infants."
Jun 28, 2020 1 min Episode 2: The Body Conversation Podcast In this second episode, Ukamaka Olisakwe chats with panelists about maternal mental health in the age of social distancing.
Jun 26, 2020 2 min Maternal Mental Health in the Age of Social Distancing Meet the panelists for the second episode of #TheBodyConversation webinar.
Jun 21, 2020 1 min Episode 1: The Body Conversation Podcast Hear from women from diverse communities and a medical professional speak about postpartum depression and complications.
Jun 19, 2020 2 min Why The Body Conversation? Hi Everyone! My name is Ukamaka Olisakwe and I am here to talk about what happens to the woman’s body before, during and after childbirth...