Motherhood: Stories about becoming a mom
b'In honor of Mother\\u2019s Day, this week we\\u2019re sharing stories about the journey to becoming a mom.\\nPart 1: Discouraged by the medical approach to pregnancy, Julia Whitehouse decides to have a home birth.\\nPart 2: When Nessa Goldman splits with her husband, her dream of having children by age 35 is in jeopardy.\\nJulia Whitehouse is a writer and comedian and mother and daughter. She has written for New Yorker Daily Shouts, McSweeney\\u2019s, Splitsider, Mutha Magazine, and POPSUGAR. She hosts Manhattan\\u2019s longest running weekly storytelling open mic at The Duplex every Monday at 7 pm. She enjoys figuring out how to build things without looking up tutorials but will always look up a recipe before deciding whether or not to follow it. \\nNessa Goldman is a middle school math and science teacher in Sequim, Washington. She grew up in Toronto, Canada, but prefers small towns closer to the ocean and mountains. She relocated to the Pacific Northwest as soon as she graduated college and now lives at the doorstep of the Olympic National Park. The wilderness is her church and she often spends the weekends hiking and surfing. When the sun goes down, she is the host of a bi-monthly local storytelling event, the Out Loud Story Slam. Her stories have been shared on the Risk! Podcast and Story Night. You can find her online at www.outloudstoryslam.com.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'