Kids

Lizzie Hessek

The Happy Water Cure

Dawn broke as the van snaked around the mountain faces of Northwest Vietnam. In the pale blue light, we saw children in traditional garb...

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Buns in the Oven Part 8: International Thespian Society

Your good news is not always someone else’s good news. Don’t let that stop you from sharing your news with people you want to share with,...

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Buns in the Oven Part 7: Symptoms of the -1st trimester

Our lives are all segmented into multiple, invariable cycles. Monday’s minor depression high tides into Friday’s fleeting joy. The stress...

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Buns in the Oven Part 6: What to Expect When You Are Inseminating

One of the questions that I had going into our medically-assisted babymaking adventure which I could not find on-line was what the actual...

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Buns in the Oven Part 5: Kids are Expensive

Hello! Happy New Year! Welcome back to Queer Martha and, specifically, Buns in the Oven! We're still keeping on keeping on with this...

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Buns in the Oven Part 4: A Funny Detour

My last Buns in the Oven is from May. Perhaps you are wondering what happened. “Didn’t you go on a babymoon, like, six months ago? Didn’t...

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Buns in the Oven Part 3: Like Online Dating but Weirder

To draw out the baking metaphor much farther than I should – we are still kneading the dough for the buns going in the oven. Maybe that...

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Buns in the Oven Part 2: Babymoon is over

FYI – this post talks about “lady issues,” so if you happen to be my dad… maybe don’t read it! Maybe you know that our Japan trip wasn’t...

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Putting Buns in the Oven: First Steps

In this series, we will explore Queer Martha's adventures in starting a queer family using love, humor, and artificial insemination. The...