Visits: 14 Well aware of how difficult conception or carrying a baby to term can be, some couples who hope to exercise a bit of control over an unpredictable experience are opting to do in vitro fertilization first. In February, …
Quédate, bebé, por favor
Visits: 30 El dolor de abortar es invisible en gran medida. Y con cada pérdida, el anhelo se multiplica. En junio, mi marido y yo descubrimos que esperábamos un bebé. Sería el tercero que perderíamos en los últimos dos años. …
Here Comes the … Baby Bump
Visits: 24 More couples are proudly announcing on their wedding day that they are expecting. When Kelly Sullivan and Tommy Barkovic found out last July that she would be about 15 weeks pregnant for their September wedding, they knew they …
How Could I Deny Him Fatherhood?
Visits: 20 He wanted children. I didn’t. What happened next was completely unexpected. When we found out the pregnancy was ectopic and life-threatening, my husband vowed to never ask me to have children again. It had been a 12-year negotiation. …
Yes, I’m Pregnant. No, I Don’t Need Your Thoughts.
Visits: 21 But chances are, you’ll tell me anyway. I was very happy to be pregnant, and I considered it my business and nobody else’s. I was especially not interested in talking about my body with strangers, so I kept …
Celebrity Pregnancy Is Big Business
Visits: 24 Elizabeth Gress, a Los Angeles hairdresser who has had multiple miscarriages and lost her baby seven weeks after birth, said there is no “safe” date after which to announce. She is halfway through a pregnancy and said that …
The Sperm Kings Have a Problem: Too Much Demand
Visits: 23 There have always been infertile straight couples in need of donor sperm, but with the legalization of gay marriage and the rise of elective single motherhood, the market has expanded over the last decade. About 20 percent of …
Chrissy Teigen Writes Essay About Pregnancy Loss
Visits: 33 After nearly a month of silence following the loss of her third child, the model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen shared the story of her pregnancy complications and grief on Tuesday in a personal essay she posted on …