Our Stories: Justine
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Serious back problems (including surgeries and a year spent in a body cast) in her youth caused Justine to never be able to carry a pregnancy, so she didn’t think much...
View ArticleOur Stories: Amber
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods When Amber* is asked, “Do you have kids?” she answers, “We have dogs, which are much easier than children.” There’s a lightness and humor to her answer that puts...
View ArticleAn Interview with Henriette Mantel
By Kathleen Guthrie Woods Henriette Mantel was first introduced to me as the editor of No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Motherhood. In this collection of essays, some very funny women—including...
View ArticleGuest Post: Infertility Cuts Men Up Too
By Sheridan Voysey Childlessness isn’t just a “female thing.” It cuts a man up too. I know. I’ve felt it—felt each stinging cut. For ten years my wife, Merryn, and I dreamed of starting a family. Our...
View ArticleOur Stories: LuDexMommie
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods “This infertility journey nearly broke me on multiple levels,” LuDexMommie* writes. She believed she deserved to have a child, and as multiple fertility treatments...
View ArticleOur Stories: Karin
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Although she came from a very close extended family, Karin didn’t really think about motherhood until she experienced infertility in her early 30s. Then it became a...
View ArticleMarking Anniversaries…The Happy and the Sad
By Lisa Manterfield March is a funny old month for me. It’s filled with all kinds of anniversaries, both happy and sad. March is the month I lost my dad (sad) and, later, my stepdad (also sad). March...
View ArticleOur Stories: Kara
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Kara, 34, was one of those little girls who mothered her baby dolls and younger siblings. “I always knew I was going to be a mom with a lot of kids,” she says, but...
View ArticleOur Stories: Karin
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Although she came from a very close extended family, Karin didn’t really think about motherhood until she experienced infertility in her early 30s. Then it became a...
View ArticleOur Stories: Amber
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods When Amber* is asked, “Do you have kids?” she answers, “We have dogs, which are much easier than children.” There’s a lightness and humor to her answer that puts...
View ArticleIt Got Me Thinking…About Shotgun Weddings
We recently sent out save the date cards for our upcoming wedding and, in response, I’ve received several variations of “Didn’t know you were pregnant – har har!” I’m not finding this the least bit...
View ArticleOur Stories: Gill
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods I am so moved by Gill’s story. She has always wanted her children, but her husband doesn’t. And now that they are both dealing with health issues, they’ve made the...
View ArticleOur Stories: Charmaine
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Like many of us, Charmaine envisioned her future children and picked out their names. She was confident she would become a mother “at the right time,” so getting the...
View ArticleAging Without Children
One of the unanticipated benefits of starting this blog has been finding a community of women—each with her own unique story—all struggling with the same issues and trying to find acceptance in the...
View ArticleOur Stories: Noël
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Just 43, Noël* has entered pre-menopause and is “finding that my days are so hard to deal with lately”. I hear that! It’s not enough that we’re dealing with the grief...
View ArticleIt Got Me Thinking…About Shotgun Weddings
We recently sent out save the date cards for our upcoming wedding and, in response, I’ve received several variations of “Didn’t know you were pregnant – har har!” I’m not finding this the least bit...
View ArticleOur Stories: Janey
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods “I think I have not yet healed as much as I would like,” Janey wrote to me in her cover letter. She first filled out our questionnaire for this column in early 2015,...
View ArticleOur Stories: Nora
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods Nora endured devastating abuse from her parents and from a former husband. With such dysfunction in her world, becoming a mother wasn’t something she dreamed about....
View ArticleOur Stories: M
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods M’s turning point came after six long years of enduring the physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion of infertility. “I wanted to feel like I was living again,” she...
View ArticleOur Stories: Sarah
As told to Kathleen Guthrie Woods I think a lot of us can relate to Sarah’s story. Following three miscarriages, she is now, at age 36, facing a life without children and struggling to accept her new...
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