Tag: pregnancy

How do you bring yourself to plan for a baby after three miscarriages in a row?

An unexpected pregnancy not long after her troubled mother’s passing forces Ashley Abramson to navigate a kind of dual citizenship she couldn’t have anticipated.

How many not-quite-parents are bearing the pain of miscarriage silently and alone?

In the U.S., getting pregnant can be exciting, joyful, and the first step toward a lifetime of debt.

A close, personal look at the evolution of the maternity clothing industry.

On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.

During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.

In Don Waters’ short story “Full of Days,” a grieving Las Vegas man uses an anti-abortion billboard to justify his own pained existence.

After a miscarriage, Laura Turner faces the sadness of returning to everyday life.

Jessica Grose recounts the agonizing waiting period after an inconclusive ultrasound, and considers whether there is such a thing as a good miscarriage.

Belle Boggs writes in Guernica, exploring what the possibility of uterine transplants — no matter how remote or unaccessible the science is — means for trans women.

At The Walrus, Georgina Blanchard reflects on the stillbirth of her son, Charlie Showman.

I am used to pausing beside train trestles, tilting my head to watch passing planes, perpetually looking forward to: to the evening, to the weekend, to the next year in a new place. But for the first time I find myself unable to fix my gaze on the horizon; I find my relationship to time […]

Some commentators have questioned the implausibility of “million-dollar babies.” I have no expertise in health care costs, but I have a 3-inch thick folder of hospital bills that range from a few dollars and cents to the high six figures (before insurance adjustments). So even though it’s unlikely that AOL directly paid out those sums, […]