The myth of the cute pregnancy

On adjusting to the unexpectedly grotesque, grappling with ugliness, and reckoning with the reality of forced unwanted pregnancy

Dear readers, it is finally the end of a long, dark winter. In the literal sense, Northern California has been experiencing since December an unceasing apocalyptic series of rain storms, “atmospheric rivers” for which our soil and infrastructure are unprepared. On a personal level, this season of deluges has coincided with the first 22 weeks of a pregna…