Pregnancy and Childbirth

May 9, 2025

How Could I Not Love My Baby?

What happens when motherhood doesn’t feel the way you expect. I counted 26. No, 27. Wait, did that one fly away? Listen to this article, read […]
July 20, 2024

Brittney Griner Announces Birth of Son

Less than two years after her release from a Russian penal colony, the W.N.B.A. center and two-time Olympic gold medal winner said that her son was […]
April 18, 2024

Ashanti and Nelly Rekindled Their Y2K Romance With a Ring

More than two decades after they first met, the R&B singer announced her pregnancy and engagement to the rapper. Fans rejoiced. Sometimes the love of your […]
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? […]