Baby Machine

North American Review | Fall 2024

‘I wondered what my womb might become in the pursuit of superhuman enhancement. Anything would be better than the stagnant, decaying collection of cells inside me.’

On the eve of my thirtieth birthday, I began to have visions of my womb dying. The dreaded fertility cliff was fast-approaching and I was nowhere near ready to have a baby. So I did the only logical thing I could think of. I designed an artificial womb.

Read my essay, ‘Baby Machine,’ in the Fall 2024 Issue of North American Review. Also available for free online at the NAR Open Space.

Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.