Results for: queer parenting
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12 Big Baby-Making Questions This Queer Couple Asked Before Taking The Plunge
Questions I never thought I’d have to consider, but here we are. Get an exclusive peek into my over-processing journey towards queer parenthood.
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Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Loving My Fat Mama Self and Itchy All Over (33 Weeks)
Extreme itchy scratchies, body-positive parenting, fat pregnant femme feelings, nesting, dill pickles, Korean pancakes and more as I fly past the eight-month mark.
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Makin’ Babies: How I Self-Inseminated and You Can, Too
Welcome to a new series about how we made our babies! This week you’ll learn how to inseminate yourself and the importance of the pillow-to-butt ratio!
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Makin’ Babies: Getting Pregnant On a Whim
“If we think too hard, we’ll never do it,” Kellie said. She was right. A cost-benefit analysis would yield no practical reason to grow our family. The only reason to make a new baby was that we felt like it, and we could.
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VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Nine — Our Kid Doesn’t Have Two Moms
So what will Tiny call Simone?
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VIDEO: Queer Mama Episode Two — How We Got Knocked Up
“There were good reasons we hadn’t started trying. But the bigger reason, which came out right there in a flood on cobblestones in the French Quarter, was that Simone wanted me to carry her baby, and that was maybe going to be impossible to achieve.”
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VIDEO: Queer Mama Episode One — Meet Haley and Simone!
“But no matter what, I’ve always, always, always known that I would be a parent. I’ve always wanted to have a baby. Actually babies, plural. Lots of them. One miscarriage, four embryos, dozens of pee sticks, 18 months, and approximately 132 injections later, I’m 18 weeks pregnant!”
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Here’s What You Need to Know Before DIY Insemination
Did you guys know that in many states, if a physician doesn’t conduct the insemination, then the parental rights of the sperm donor might not be terminated?
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We Went to the Moon; Why Can’t We Make A Baby from Two Eggs Yet?
In the early oughts, Dr. Orly Lacham-Kaplan got pretty close to figuring out how to turn two human eggs into a baby — something a lot of lesbians want to see happen very soon. What happened?