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Gabrielle Union: Surrogacy Felt Like "Failure"

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Let's Talk About Fertility Struggles

Jessie J Shares Her Infertility Struggle For The First Time Onstage

These Fertility Apps Will Make Your Life Less Stressful

The Pregnancy I Didn’t Announce

What No One Tells You About Having A Miscarriage

This article was originally published on January 29th, 2016. We're bringing it to your attention again in honor of National Infertility Awareness Week

by Allison Gibson

After 5 Miscarriages, What’s Next?

This post was originally published in August, 2015. For the past six years, I’ve been writing in a diary to a child who doesn’t exist. This was suppose

by Christene Barberich

So You Want To Make A Playlist For Your Baby

If you're more than 18 weeks along in your pregnancy, chances are your baby can hear you. By week 23, babies can even respond to noise, according to W

by Sara Coughlin

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The Ultimate Guide To One Of The Most Common Causes Of Infertility

by Kelsey Miller

6 Strange Reasons You’re Not Getting Pregnant

How This Woman Born With No Vagina Is Having Biological Kids

Reproductive medicine and technology has given couples dealing with infertility more options than ever. And currently, a Georgia woman who was born with no

by Suzannah Weiss

Crowdsourcing My Way To Motherhood: Tell Me — Should I Have A Kid?

When my nephew was born, I had one very important question for my sister-in-law. “Did you poop?” I asked, as she lay in her hospital bed, still

by Deenie Hartzog-Mi...

The No BS Truth About Having A Baby On Your Own

When I became a single mom to my daughter, Lucy, 18 months ago, I expected some raised eyebrows. I expected a few looks of pity when I said her father was

Childless, But Not Quite By Choice

I never expected to not be a mother. My body is made for childbearing — generous hips, plenty of soft flesh for an infant to hang on to. I also love

by Paula Derrow

What Infertility Really Feels Like

Every infertile woman carries with her a list of questions, comments, and suggestions she steels herself against: When are you finally having kids? Oh, you

I’m A Pro-Choice Liberal — So How Did I End Up At A Pregnan...

It is at my family’s little wooden cabin in rural northwest Wisconsin, one August Wednesday of my 29th year, that I wake up all alone and feeling fun

Everything I Didn’t Know Before Walking Into An IVF Clinic

To mark National Infertility Awareness Week, Refinery29 is dedicating a full week of coverage to an open discussion about becoming a parent. Check out more

Why Am I Not Supposed To Tell You I’m Trying To Get Pregnant?

To mark National Infertility Awareness Week, Refinery29 is dedicating a full week of coverage to an open discussion about becoming a parent. Check out more

5 New York Women On Why They Don’t Want Children

How would you describe a woman who has decided that she never wants children? Selfish? Just going through a phase? Bound to feel alone as she grows older?

by Erin Cunningham

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