Something’s wrong and I don’t know what it is. I just hope someone believes me before it’s too late.
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In 2018, after ten years of suffering, Meng Wang was successfully treated for endometriosis. The procedure that would put an end to her pain meant that she wouldn’t be able to get pregnant in the future. So, she electively chose to be sterilised at the age of 29. The procedure drastically improved her quality of life , and she hasn’t looked back. But she had to fight to be able to get it done.
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Karen Anderson doesn’t remember a time that she ever wanted to have children. She just assumed she'd have them anyway. She thought she’d go to college, meet a guy, get married, and have kids. Because that’s what you do, right? I talked to Karen about deciding not to have biological children, about being a stepmother, and about her work on difficult mother-daughter relationships (and other difficult relationships).
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In this first episode of Season 2, Bon Jon (they/their/theirs) spoke to me about gender, chosen family, and living childfree by choice.
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Therese Shechter is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Her latest project is My So-Called Selfish Life, a documentary about being childfree in a society where motherhood feels mandatory.
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When Sonja Overhiser was diagnosed with a rare hereditary form of leukemia in her mid-twenties, she and her husband Alex had to rethink their plans for starting a family. In this episode Sonja and Sarah talk about the different paths to motherhood and the choices we make to create a family.
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My follow-up conversation with Myriam got me thinking about how we make life-changing decisions.
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Our first update episode! Sarah checks in on Myriam Steinberg, a writer based in Vancouver, BC. Myriam's in her forties and she's been trying to have a baby on her own for the last five years. She’s documenting her experience in a graphic novel called Catalogue Baby. Myriam reveals some surprising news!
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My conversation with Maggie got me thinking about what it means to be childfree by choice.
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When Maggie Reyes got married, she and her husband both assumed that they’d start a family eventually. But every time they checked in with one another, the answer, for both of them, was ‘not yet’.
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In small-town Connecticut in the late 1970s, Carol Egan got pregnant—quite unexpectedly—at 18. In this episode Carol describes her experience being sent away to a home for unwed mothers to give birth, being forced to give up her child and fighting to get him back, and raising her son as a young single mother.
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Tammy Cannon lives in Snohomish, WA with her husband and three teens. She stayed at home with her kids when they were young. I talked to Tammy about the expectations she had for herself during that time.
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My conversation with Nicole led to an important realization about the role of guides and witnesses in a child’s life.
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Nicole Gulotta is writer, editor, and the keeper of a superb blog called Eat This Poem. I spoke with her about navigating life as a writer while raising a toddler.
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My conversation with Jen led to an important realization about the expectations we have for ourselves, and where they come from.
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Jen Riday is a mother of 6. She holds a PhD in human development and family studies, and runs an online business helping women heal their hearts and build self love. With that kind of background I thought Jen would have a lot to say about motherhood….which, of course, she did!
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Talking to Myriam about her choice to have a baby on her own (Episode 1: Catalogue Baby) reminded me of a Dear Sugar essay I read in 2011, called The Ghost Ship that Didn't Carry Us.
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Myriam Steinberg is a writer based in Vancouver, BC. Myriam's in her forties and she's been trying to have a baby on her own for the last five years. She’s documenting her experience in a graphic novel called Catalogue Baby. Sarah talks to Myriam about the decision to conceive a child as a single woman in her forties, and what it's been like for her.
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In this preview of the Reflection episodes, I talk about the questions that led me to create the show.
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It’s a huge help to the show to have reviews in iTunes. Here’s how to do it.
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