“All our love, Mommy and Momma”: considering identity and lesbian families
I don’t know what it’s like to grow up with a mom and dad, and neither will the daughter I hope to have.
Queer parenting decisions: choosing a known sperm donor
Queer families have many questions to consider when planing a family: adopt or conceive? Who will carry? Should we choose someone we know to donate an egg/sperm?
Lactating lesbians – inducing lactation as a nongestational mother
Melissa and Liesbeth are wives who are BOTH breastfeeding their daughter, Grace. Can you handle that much awesomeness?
My son and his (four!) fairy godparents
What began as my own desire for Escher’s education turned into four people who were honored and utterly enthusiastic about being in his life.
I’m a bisexual mama raising my child in queer-friendly home
Can you identify as bisexual and “reap heterosexuality’s benefits” by being pregnant?
Be Who You Are: a book about a transgender child
On her blog Today You Are You, Jennifer Carr writes about her daughter’s growth from boy to girl — a transformation that began at age four. And now she’s written a book…
Coming to terms with the limits of lesbian conception
As a lesbian, I know that there are many wonderful ways to start a family with my partner. But I’m also having to come to terms emotionally with the fact that I will never be able to physically conceive a baby with my future wife.
Achieving a love-filled homebirth
Amy and her partner, Mary, planned a homebirth with their first son, but circumstances didn’t work in their favor. Happily for them, their second son’s birth took place in their home.