Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: May 1968 by Sharon Olds -- Excerpts from the blue jay's dance by Louise Erdrich -- An unmeasured thing by Vicky Forman -- Now that i am forever with child by Audre Lorde -- The real deal: one woman's pregnancy journal by Kimberley Evans Rudd- -Early morning woman -- Maternity by Amy Halloran -- Baby Pictures by Molly Giles -- My baby has no name yet by Kim Nam Jo -- Seen and not seen by Anna Purves -- Evie by Chelo Diaz-Ludden -- Alchemy by Deborah Bogen -- Quickening by Joanna C. Scott -- Little miracle at the st.anthony by Madaleneine Mysko -- Magnificat by Chana Bloch -- Birt of a woman by Ellen R. Klein -- The Age of discovery by Hope Edelman -- Pregnancy Log by Julie Convisser -- Some thoughts on being pregnant by Anne Lamott -- Weathering out by Rita Dove -- Believe by Carla R. Du Pree -- 1963 Creation by lake Boggan -- Dancing with the Paper Rose by Suzy Vitello -- Ants by Bonni Glodberg -- Pregnant poets swim Lake tarleton, -- new hamphire by Babara Ras -- Infertile friends by Barbara Ras -- Infertile Friends by Jen Karetrick -- Bastile by Rahael A. Silverman -- Womb Dance by Ann Stewart -- Science project by Eugenia Sunhee Kim -- A mutual journey by Belinda J. Klein -- Mother tongue: A performance pregnancy diary by Anne H. Mavor -- Chapter two from feather crowns by Bobbie Ann Mason -- Openings by Gayle Brandeis -- To a little invisible being who is expected soon to become visible by Anna Laetitia Barbauld -- Thirty-Six weeks by Emily Grosholz -- Conditions by Margaret Willey -- July by Kathy Casto -- Secrets and dreams by Dawn M. Tucksmith -- March 19: Starting late by Bonni Goldberg.