About

We are a self-published magazine that strives to normalize pregnancy, birth, and the entire “childbearing year.” Through too-often traumatic depictions in popular culture, birth has been turned into something that scares many. We often forget that we ALL have in fact participated in the birth process, simply by being born… not to mention the fact that women have been giving birth to babies throughout the entire history of humanity.

Most women don’t think much about actually giving birth until their first childbirth education class at 6-months pregnant, if they take a class at all. Or they try to read every book on the shelf in the library or book store trying to “prepare” for the big day. For most men it is even worse having never ovulated or bled themselves, the idea of growing a human and bringing forth life via the vagina they hold dear is to say the least overwhelming.

Why is childbirth not a normal part of our upbringing? Why is childbirth education not part of our sex ed in 7th grade? Why do people not know about certified nurse midwives, home birth midwives, or doulas and how they are different from each other and how they can make a difference in outcomes for normal birth? Why don’t people understand the role of good food and health including pregnancy? Why can’t people hear or say the word “vulva” without snickering? Why do women lack the confidence in themselves and their bodies to do what it knows how to do? Why do we not talk about abortion as an emotional issue rather than just as a political or religious issue? Why cant we talk about miscarriage or loss in later pregnancy? Why are we so driven by fear when we talk about birth? Why do we not know our mothers and grandmothers birth stories?

We want to demystify childbirth. We want to make it a part of our entire life not just the “childbearing year” - embracing the women before us and the women who birth after us as opposed to scaring and disempowering. We don’t want to spout off statistics or research or shove our opinions down anyones throat in judgment. We are here to chat, to discuss, to ponder over the state of things and how they can evolve and grow.

We want to hear from you. We are a magazine for everyone by everyone. Send us your articles, prose, poetry, artwork, photography, tell us about your organization or work you do in birth. To find out more about sending us your submissions, click HERE.