This Is Us

Not Like Those Other Pregnant Women

An expecting mother’s notes on identity, transition, and surrender

Mollie Birney, M.A.
Human Parts
Published in
8 min readApr 2, 2020

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Photo: Adriana Georgopulos

AA few months back, my husband and I were in San Antonio visiting his family for Christmas. At the time, I was about four months pregnant and hadn’t started showing yet. In fact, not much about my life reflected that I was pregnant: I was still going…

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Mollie Birney, M.A.
Human Parts

Clinical Coach in private practice — life coaching with an eye towards mental health. @molliebirney www.molliebirney.com