Ija Mei
1 min readAug 30, 2020

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The questions of whether, how and with whom to have kids have been the most miserable part of the last 15 years for me. Thank you for making a comic that captures some of that struggle.

I've tried with a partner, had 2 miscarriages, one of which was life-threatening, and now I'm considering trying again without a partner.

When people ask me when I'm having kids (or, more likely, tell me I need to soon) I now say, "Oh! You want to hear about my miscarriages?!? Cool!"

If they don't look shocked right away, I tell them about the blood and gore until they do look appropriately shocked. And then I tell them to never, ever ask a woman that question again. It seems to work pretty well.

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Ija Mei
Ija Mei

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