Thank you to the editor for providing a review copy. 

As soon as Ruth Anna Evans announced this anthology, I knew I was all the way in. Childbirth is rife with horrors anyway, and it was cool to see how the different authors interpreted the theme. 4 stars

Just Like a Certain Chocolate Egg Toy by Antonija Meznaric ⭐⭐⭐.25
Dystocia by Nuno Gonçalves ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nesting by Marie Lestrange ⭐⭐⭐.5
Engorged by Rebecca Burgess ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
Take the Baby by Peter J. Larrivee ⭐⭐⭐.25
The Animus of Agnes Grishom by Deborah Coldiron ⭐⭐⭐⭐
There Was a Number Seven by Patricia Lameida ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
Don't Say a Word by Autumn Weese ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Not Like the Seahorses by S.E. Howard ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
The Quickening by Emma Rose Darcy ⭐⭐⭐
A Piece of My Heart by Ruth Anna Evans ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
Proud to Be a Mother by C.J. Subko ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Mother Earth and the Terrestrial Birth by Jacy Morris ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Dry Earth Giveth by Amanda DeBord ⭐⭐⭐.5
Little Fox by Tory Favro ⭐⭐⭐
The Baby Stopped Crying by Paul Avery Tindol ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Stillborn by Sheri White ⭐⭐⭐⭐