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Infertility Awareness
Gabrielle Union: Surrogacy Felt Like "Failure"
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Cory Stieg
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Let's Talk About Fertility Struggles
Wellness
Jessie J Shares Her Infertility Struggle For The First Time Onstage
Sara Coughlin
Nov 14, 2018
Parenthood
These Fertility Apps Will Make Your Life Less Stressful
Sara Coughlin
Oct 18, 2018
Body
The Pregnancy I Didn’t Announce
Nicola Prentis
Aug 16, 2017
Sex
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
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Allison Gibson
Parenthood
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
Wellness
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
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Sara Coughlin
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Body
The Ultimate Guide To One Of The Most Common Causes Of Infertility
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Kelsey Miller
Body
6 Strange Reasons You’re Not Getting Pregnant
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Anna Hecker
Sex
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
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Suzannah Weiss
Sex
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
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Deenie Hartzog-Mi...
Mind
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
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Anna Davies
Wellness
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
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Paula Derrow
Body
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
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Belle Boggs
Body
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
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Laura Goode
Body
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
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Anna Hecker
Body
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
by
Anna Maltby
Sex
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?
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Erin Cunningham
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