By Alex Temblador The “M” word — miscarriage. It’s a scary ordeal for any prospective parent to face, especially since 10 to 20 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Often, articles and blogs focus on how women deal with miscarriages — whether it be the emotional or physical toll it takes on them and their bodies. However, […]
By Lex Jacobson I’ve been thinking a lot lately about fertility. Since I’ve become pregnant, two of my good friends have also shared pregnancy news, as well as three colleagues in my relatively small office. So far, I’ll be the first to give birth, if everyone goes full-term. I honestly don’t know what I’d do […]
By: Rachael Moshman/ Rachaelmoshman.com One moment I was lying in bed, calmly reading a novel. Then the main character became pregnant and I snapped. I got up and searched through my jewelry box for the pointiest pin I could find. I pulled out a large, vintage yellow daisy pin. I grabbed the condoms from […]
By: Hollye Dexter This January, I somehow managed to get pregnant again, at forty-seven years old. I “felt” it, even as I went about my travels to Arizona, to Texas…but convinced myself it couldn’t be so. Surely I had missed my period because I was at that certain age. Just to assure myself, when I […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz February 20, 2008 is a date that changed our lives. It was this day that we lost our little girl at 20 weeks gestation. The devastation was immense and the feel of finality was overwhelming. Over ten years had passed since our last loss at 32 weeks, a boy, whom we buried […]
By: Heather Somaini We’re pregnant – pretty amazing words. I was finally able to say them…out loud. We were pregnant. It even sounds cool today five years later. We were so excited. Elated…it had finally happened. It only took six vials of our donor, one operation, and some drugs, but it worked! We told my […]
