Trystan Reese and Bill Chaplow are already parents to two children, Chaplow’s niece and nephew, Riley and Hailey, who they adopted after Chaplow’s sister had substance abuse problems. However, the couple wanted to try for a biological child, and so Reese, a trans father, became pregnant last year, only to suffer a miscarriage after 6 […]
Giving birth isn’t easy for all moms — and giving birth to twins, well, it can be pretty hard or scary. I know. When I gave birth to Bella and Penn, our twins, there were some complications, a lot of fear, and confusion. The only way I made it through was thanks to my wonderful […]
Couple Toby Fleischman and partner Lindsay Lanciault’s family will grow by two boys at the end of summer. What makes this interesting is that the boys aren’t twins and they aren’t adopted. In fact, Flesichman and Lanciault are both pregnant at the same time. When Fleischman and Lanciault decided to start a family, they agreed that […]
Vloggers Domo and Crissy are a beautiful couple who are expecting their first child — a son — very soon. The couple have 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube, so it’s easy to say that they are very much loved. And yet, despite their following, they’ve been hit with some horrible comments recently. Domo, who is carrying their […]
By Brandy Black Creating a family isn’t easy for every couple or single parent by choice. For Susan and I, it was a long three years of disappointment after disappointment. But there was a beautiful light at the end of it all — three lights, in fact. We shared with you the first part of […]
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded her provision being signed into law this week that allows the Veterans Administration (VA) to cover the costs of assisted reproductive technology, of which IVF is the most common, for veterans who suffered service-connected injuries. After more than a decade of war, widespread use […]
“Young people need information before they become sexually active that goes beyond the prevention of unplanned pregnancy, HIV and other STDs, ” Deb Hauser, president of Advocates for Youth told Huffington Post. And it’s true, but sadly, families and schools don’t provide the necessary sex education to youth to prevent unplanned pregnancy and STDs. Not […]
John Zhang of the New Hope Fertility Center of New York recently led a three-parent technique that resulted in the world’s first child born with two bio moms and one dad. A Jordanian couple in Mexico sought out Zhang’s help because the mother has genes for Leigh syndrome – a fatal disorder that attacks the […]
By Patrice Langford When I got pregnant with my second son, Jayden, my marriage was already on the rocks and I knew that I was going to have to raise the boys on my own. My ex-husband was going to be of no help as he was unable to hold a job. So I made […]
By Halina Newberry Grant My husband followed the sound of my screams. That’s how he found me — by picking up the bread crumbs of profanities I was throwing at doctors and nurses. While he parked the car, I had been put into a scratchy gown and then onto a hospital bed lying on my […]
