All posts by Leah Charpentier
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I Almost Chose Not To Breastfeed Because Of The Sexualization Of My Breasts
I feel so sexualized by this culture that I have internalized the notion that my body is for...
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Just Because I’m Pregnant Doesn’t Mean I Want To Talk About It With Strangers
What bothers me the most is that my bump, for better or for worse, has somehow become a...
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I Never Wanted Kids — And Now I’m Having One
Thing was, I never liked babies. They were loud, delicate and sticky. They needed things, indecipherable things and...
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Labor Pains: My Birthing Classes Are Scaring The Crap Out Of Me
“You’re all first time moms, right?†she smiles broadly in her pink scrubs. We all nod, looking around...
