This Childless (Dog) Lady Would Like a Word

re J.D. Vance’s bullsh*t statements about childless women

Content warning: infertility

Most days, my infertility isn’t even an afterthought. The complicated invisibilities of barrenness barely register. There were times, a few years into marriage, when I grieved the arrival of cramps and blood, those brutal reminders of another missed fertility window. Well-intentioned friends had started asking about our plans…