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SOME OF WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE
Essays
Little Snakes
Understanding the origins of fear on a family visit to a hibernaculum
By Catherine Newman
This is What Miscarriage is Really Like
The details many women don’t share
By Ana Connery
ADHD Goes to School
A college professor’s changing perspective about ADHD
By Keaghan Turner
Ex In-Laws at my Wedding
What to call in-laws after a divorce?
By Sue Sanders
Supermom
An outdoor episode prompts this mom to forge ahead
By Beth Eakman
A Moment of James
A young mother’s thoughts before and after an Asperger Syndrome diagnosis
By Rebecca Cook
Feature Story
FEATURE: Pregnancy Brain
Scientists have discovered that an expectant mother’s brain actually shrinks during pregnancy, the good news: the organ is supposed to return to normal several weeks or months after birth.
By Mel Lefebvre and Lydia Christine Zilahy
Fiction
Kitchen Dragon
Struggling with postpartum depression
By Rebekah Orton
Book Reviews
Homeward Bound
A roundup of three books related to why women are embracing the New Domesticity
By Randon Billings Noble
