For many women, it comes as  no surprise that sex feels “different” after having a vaginal delivery. Often, we expect to feel “loose” after delivering a baby vaginally, because of the stretching that the vagina goes through;

Depression, in some form, has dipped in and out of my adult life, like an old boyfriend who, every couple of years, sends you an email or a text that ends up derailing your entire day.

Many of us can relate to having that one uncle whose lecherous stare is gross enough to make you want to take a shower, immediately

There is so much anecdotal and scholarly research out there about the value of a reliable support network during the early days of motherhood.

I do a pretty fucking good job of holding my shit together — at least on the outside.

We tackle a lot of big, hairy topics on NSFMG, and one of the places where we feel the most free to talk about how we really feel,

It’s evening, and I can hear the boys shouting at each other from the other room as I'm doing the dishes, and I try to focus on the lollipop in my mouth.

When I went to my six week check up post-baby, they asked me all about her.  They checked her and tested her, prodded and poked her, and got worried about her mottled skin.

The other day, I asked Mom Group: “What cuts through the Mom Thoughts so you can feel like being intimate?”

I’ve always been pro-choice, but felt pretty adamantly that abortion was a “last resort” —  it was that thing you do when you have no money, no partner, no means to raise a child —

I was absolutely terrified of becoming pregnant — not because of the enormous responsibility of carrying a life inside of me, nor was it out of the fear of labor and delivery.

In a New York Times article published earlier this year, titled: “Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit” the authors detail how the withdrawal effects can be so severe,

Conversation at Mom Group recently turned to the topic of parental equality in terms of who takes on the bigger portion of household and childcare duties — and, SURPRISE! It’s mostly moms,

When I was pregnant with my first child, I had no idea what his birth would be like; and so, like a good girl, I did my research.

I put out a challenge to Mom Group over the weekend, to post a photo of ourselves in our “maiden phases” (i.e. before we became mothers), and to write a little blurb about what that time in our lives meant to us.

The two themes we explored this week in Mom Group could be seen as diametric opposites: Sensuality, and, the unequal weight of responsibility that falls on mothers — specifically with regard to the labor of childcare and managing a home.

Before I sat down to write this piece, I had just finished cleaning up my 23-month-old daughter’s behind and her poopy diaper. It was so major of a job, it had to be performed in the tub.

If you haven't noticed, I'm figuring this all out as I go along. Every week, I see and feel NSFMG evolving and growing (in however small increments) in ways that make me feel proud of what I've created, and also in over my head.

It’s the beginning of the year, and my husband and I are attending Parent Curriculum Night at our son’s preschool. On this special night, we have the unique opportunity to visit our child’s classroom and compare his shitty artwork…

Before there were apps to track your baby’s feeding, nursing, and sleep sessions – there were good, old fashioned notebooks.