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Pregnancy

  1. my two cents
    How Much Does It Actually Cost to Give Birth?There are ways to make your hospital bill less of a mystery.
  2. parenthood
    The Mom Whose Husband Worried She’d Never Lose the Baby WeightIn this week’s How I Got This Baby, a mother whose marriage fell apart while she was pregnant with their second child.
  3. pregnancy
    Michelle Obama Says She Felt ‘Lost and Alone’ After Miscarriage“I think it’s important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen.”
  4. keeping up with the royals
    How Meghan Markle’s Dress Designers Kept Her Pregnancy a SecretThey knew about the Royal Baby before we did.
  5. parenthood
    The Widow Co-Parenting With Her DadThis week’s “How I Got This Baby.”
  6. abortion rights
    What New Yorkers Don’t Know About RoeA pop-up explains how New York is not as progressive as you’d think on abortion — and the upcoming election is a chance to change that.
  7. reproductive rights
    It’s Perfectly Legal for Companies to Put Pregnant Women at Risk of MiscarriageThe New York Times spoke to several women who suffered miscarriages while working physically strenuous jobs.
  8. keeping up with the royals
    Meghan Markle Cradles Her Baby Bump for All to SeeShe’s cut back on her royal tour events, but emerged with this gift for us all.
  9. science of us
    Why Do Baby Bumps Look So Different on Different Women?Spurred by Megan Markle’s pregnancy, we ask experts.
  10. kulture
    Cardi B Gets Brutally Honest About Childbirth“People just be like, ‘Oh, when you give birth, it’s gonna hurt.’ … Nobody tells you [about what actually happens.]”
  13. parenthood
    The Stepmom Who Hates the Word ‘Co-Parent’“It reminds me of the idea of ‘conscious uncoupling.’ It’s really not how parenting is at all.”
  14. parenthood
    The Mom Who Realized Life With 4 Kids Wasn’t Always Going to Be EasyThis week’s How I Got This Baby.
  15. science of us
    Air Pollution Can Travel Into Pregnant Women’s PlacentasNew research confirms what was previously a hypothesized link.
  16. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Did IVF for Her Husband’s Infertility, Not Hers“Male infertility is almost never talked about — and when it is, it’s a joke. There’s zero nuance.”
  17. science of us
    So, How Bad Is It to Smoke Pot While Pregnant?Mainly, we don’t know.
  18. parenthood
    The Mom Whose Husband Died Weeks After She Gave Birth“To be honest, I don’t know how I got through it, having a newborn and a very sick husband.”
  19. maternal health
    What It’s Like to Be a Doula for Women of ColorSix doulas in New York City discuss the challenges of their jobs.
  20. kontinuity errors
    Kim Is Trying Very Hard to Make Keeping Up With the Kardashians InterestingShe’s discussing makeup on dead people while the show plods through a plot line about Khloé’s pregnancy weight gain.
  21. pregnancy pacts
    16 Nurses Who Work at the Same Hospital Are PregnantThey go to the hospital cafeteria together to satisfy cravings.
  22. biking to birth
    New Zealand’s Minister for Women Biked Herself to the Hospital to Give Birth“Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby.”
  25. ice
    ICE Detained a Man Driving Pregnant Wife to HospitalShe had to drive herself to the hospital, where she gave birth to their child alone.
  26. parenthood
    The Single Mom Who’s Not Worried About Her Son“He’s not going to be screwed up by this, not at all.”
  27. motherhood
    Not All Women Are Waiting Until Their Late 20s to Become MothersA new report shows how much education and geography influence the average age of first-time mothers.
  28. nightmares
    Pregnant Woman Allegedly Forced to Endure C-Section Without AnesthesiaDelphina Mota said she was “crying and screaming at the top of her lungs” and “could feel everything that was happening.”
  29. immigration
    ICE Reportedly Detaining a 32-Week Pregnant Woman, Despite Her Worrying SymptomsAdvocates say she’s experiencing abdominal pain and serious vaginal bleeding.
  30. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Can’t Imagine Paying for Fertility TreatmentsAn American woman who did IVF in France, where the government covers infertility.
  31. love
    Justin Bieber Shut Down the Photographer Who Asked if Hailey Baldwin Is Pregnant“What’s your deal, bro?”
  32. my two cents
    How to Take Maternity Leave When You’re a FreelancerIt can feel like uncharted territory when you’re your own boss.
  33. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Wishes Her Son’s Father Would Stay Out of Her Life“I don’t want to let my husband ruin being a mother for me.”
  34. science of us
    Young Pregnant Women May Be More Likely to Get Depression Than Their MothersBut it’s complicated.
  37. reproductive rights
    Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Woman Medication for Her MiscarriageShe says she left the pharmacy “in tears, ashamed and feeling humiliated.”
  38. animals
    April the Giraffe Might Be Pregnant Again But What About Her Other Life Goals?Maybe she wanted to go to grad school, or join the Peace Corps.
  39. how i got this baby
    The Adopted Mom Who Cherishes Her Biological Daughter“For me, having a biological connection to her represents so much more. I’m grateful for it.”
  40. babies!
    Pippa Middleton Confirms She’s Pregnant with Her First ChildShe announced the pregnancy yesterday in a fitness column.
  41. new mom
    What Does Being Pregnant Feel Like? Part VI“No one mentions pregnancy feels like a mounting heaviness that is both weight and memory.”
  42. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Had an Abortion at 8 Months, Then a Surprise PregnancyI believe I lost more than a fetus, less than a baby.
  43. new mom
    Pregnancy-Specific Beauty Products Might Seem RidiculousBut I love them.
  44. new mom
    Behold, I Am a New ParentNo need to thank me, I’m simply ensuring the continuity of the human race.
  45. science of us
    Apparently Women’s Voices Get Lower After Giving BirthBut why?
  46. new mom
    What Does Being Pregnant Feel Like? Part V“I ate as if I was starving, because I was afraid I had starved my baby.”
  49. new mom
    100 Women on the Wildest Ways Pregnancy Changed Their BodiesBecause there isn’t a lot of good research tracking these changes.
  50. state politics
    Zephyr Teachout Is Running for Attorney General While Pregnant“Parenthood and being in power shouldn’t be in conflict with each other for women any more than they are for men.”
  51. new mom
    Three Dads on Sex With New Moms“The downward spiral of our sex life does make me frustrated with the marriage and pretty angry — not at her, but at the situation.”
  52. how i got this baby
    The Canadian Woman Shocked by Reproductive Care in the U.S.“I just figured that if I needed one, my health-care provider in town would do the termination, and that would be that.”
  53. new mom
    What ‘Mommy Brain’ Really Looks LikeNo, giving birth doesn’t turn your brain to mush.
  54. new mom
    What Does Being Pregnant Feel Like? Part IV“Once I crossed some sort of medical threshold of birth security, I felt expansive and powerful.”
  55. new mom
    What No One Tells You About Not Being Able to BreastfeedWe’re told that every woman who tries hard enough can do it, but that’s far from accurate.
  56. new mom
    The New Mom’s Guide to SexTen moms discuss sex after pregnancy.
  57. new mom
    Rediscovering Vanity, As a MomReturning to the beauty products I couldn’t use while pregnant and breastfeeding.
  58. new mom
    Here’s How Soon You Can Have Sex After Giving BirthWe asked a medical expert.
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