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fertility

This is how it feels to parent through a miscarriage

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The sun was shredding us, both me and the stupid snow cone. By Mary Adkins

September 2, 2021 Parenting Challenges

A stranger’s gift to me in the Phoenix airport

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It occurred to me that I would have to live with this lifeless body—my baby—inside me for the next four days. By Sarah Gundle

June 3, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

I dreamed of a boy, birthed a girl, now my child is non-binary

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I stumbled over the “they.” It felt clunky in my mouth. By Melissa Brand

May 20, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

On the right to grieve the twin that was not to be

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They call it a “Vanishing Twin.” Two fertilized eggs eventually diminish to one. By Shannon Frost Greenstein

December 24, 2020 Parenting Challenges

My daughter has become more needy in the pandemic

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“I’m scared!” she refuses to go upstairs alone. “Sit next to me,” she pleads from the couch. “Closer,” then clings to my arm. By Jennifer Alessi

December 14, 2020 Culture, Family

What happens to people with infertility during a pandemic?

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According to specialists, a 12-week delay won’t make the difference between someone having a baby or not. By Mimi Sager Yoskowitz

May 13, 2020 Culture, Family

What the women in the waiting room are thinking

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Every fertility journey is different. You never really know what somebody else is going through. By Amy Klein

April 9, 2020 Books, Family

The irrational hope of an infertile woman

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No matter how many times I failed, there wasn’t a month that went by that Hope didn’t convince me I was pregnant. By Amy Gallo Ryan

March 5, 2020 Parenting Challenges

When your sister has a miscarriage

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After bursting into tears, you text your brother-in-law: “Sorry, this is awkward, but make sure she doesn’t use a tampon for the bleeding.” By Lorren Lemmons

December 10, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

First day of school, first miscarriage

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Hearing “nonviable” is heartbreaking. Having to ignore that in front of 32 smiling second graders is even harder. By Caitlin Cherry

September 10, 2019 Parenting Challenges

What my frozen embryos mean to me

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They are part of my life’s topography. Tiny specks on my map of choices, loves and losses, hurts and heartbreak. By Jordan Namerow

July 31, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

The watershed moment I realized I wanted to be a mother

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I wonder now why it came as such a shock to me that friends would get married, that wild nights out would become sleepless ones at home with a baby. By Claire Lynch

July 18, 2019 Family

What does it mean to be a “real” mother?

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My daughter collapses after an endless tantrum and says, I wish I wasn’t adopted. By Tanya Friedman

May 30, 2019 Family

Deciding what to do with our one frozen embryo

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This year is different. Maybe it’s because I’ve had the miscarriages. Maybe it’s because we both recently turned 42. By Angela Kidd

April 16, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

Seeing my complete family in the night sky

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Next to Orion’s Belt are two dimmer stars. These are the babies I lost, one before each of my sons. By Julia Pelly

March 28, 2019 Parenting Challenges

On Prince, David Bowie, and losing Baby A

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Our daughter asked good questions—what about the other baby? Were we sad? Why did it happen? By Cynthia Nuara

February 27, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

I had a miscarriage. This is my story.

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If my belly was round and full of baby, would I hate my body less? This body that betrayed me. By Brittany Wren

December 3, 2018 Parenting Challenges

What to expect when you are unexpecting

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Nobody will send flowers. You don’t even have a face to conjure when you think of this child. By Maggie Downs

February 28, 2018 Parenting Challenges

Learning how to talk to my ovaries

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So why is it you want a baby, my therapist asks. Love, I answer.
By Bethany Marcel

May 16, 2017 Parenting Challenges

How to RSVP when you are going through IVF

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Sorry, can’t make it to the sorority reunion. My thermometer says I’m ovulating!
By Amy Klein

April 13, 2017 Family, Obstacles, Parenting Challenges

Motherhood and Waiting: from boys to men

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All the years of doing and hoping, praying and sculpting—you wait to see if it worked.
By Lisa Romeo

April 11, 2017 Family

Almost 40, dating, and I want another baby

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What shocked me most about online dating was the absolute scorn for women who wanted, or already had, children.
By Dena Landon

November 30, 2016 Parenting Challenges

Measuring the baby’s ears

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My unborn kid had a 1 in 214 chance of having Down syndrome. Those seemed like pretty good odds.
By Amy Silverman

August 30, 2016 Books, Parenting Challenges

Fertility is not a competitive sport

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I was ashamed of my pregnancy losses. I felt I had been kicked out of some elite club of women with impeccably functioning wombs.
By Stephanie Sprenger

July 21, 2016 Parenting Challenges
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