Pregnancy and Childbirth

February 24, 2023

How Could I Deny Him Fatherhood?

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 […]
December 30, 2022

December Birthdays: A Curse, or an Unexpected Blessing?

Those who were born in late December are often met with well-meaning pity when they tell people their birth date. Isn’t it hard, they’re asked, to […]
December 23, 2022

7 Women on Egg Freezing: Hope, Regret, Uncertainty

In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine made a significant announcement: The organization no longer considered egg freezing an “experimental” treatment. Until that point, the […]
November 4, 2022

‘Design Mom’ Gabrielle Blair Pivots to Politics

After 16 years of making a name for herself as a blogger and home decor expert, Design Mom has written her manifesto — about reproductive health. […]
November 2, 2022

The Internet Still Thinks I’m Pregnant

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘According to my app, my baby was the size of a lavender bud: […]
June 1, 2022

This Retreat Offers a (Pretty Expensive) Form of Postpartum Care

The newly opened Boram Postnatal Retreat offers new mothers able to pay up to $1,400 a night the support and pampering that too few receive. When […]
May 17, 2022

Alyssa Shelasky Needs a Night Out

The author of “This Might Be Too Personal” is still getting to know her new town of Rhinebeck. Where better to start than at the bar? […]
April 7, 2022

The Politics of Rihanna’s Pregnancy Style

When the right to control your own body and the right to dress how you like intersect. Ever since she announced her pregnancy in late January […]
April 2, 2022

How the Covid Pandemic Created a Surrogate Shortage in the U.S.

Charlie Lee and his husband want to have a baby. But they are facing a major hurdle: They have 12 viable embryos, but no one to […]
October 22, 2021

Amanda Knox Was Exonerated. That Doesn’t Mean She’s Free.

VASHON, Wash. — Within minutes of meeting Amanda Knox for the first time, she planted her newborn daughter into my arms. Yes, Amanda Knox has a […]