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The Best Time to Have Baby #2 (or #3!)
Should you wait or have another baby now? Been-there moms spill on the pros and cons of having kids close in age or farther apart. Not long after the babies in my daughter Mirabel's playgroup turned 1, several moms stopped losing their baby weight...
No, Moms: It’s Not Selfish to Make Yourself a Priority
With two children under the age of 3, a loving husband, and a work-from-home job she adored, Nessa Myers had the life she'd always dreamed of. Yet she found herself feeling increasingly frustrated and resentful and couldn't figure out why. Eventually, she...
The Top 7 Fears Adoptive Parents Have
It took me a long time to come around to the idea of adopting. I was told I would likely never conceive while still young and single, so I grew really tired of people telling me I could “just adopt.” My heart was broken, and I needed to...
The Benefits of Being an Egg Donor
Whether you’ve heard about egg donation online or through a friend who positively experienced the IVF or IUI success, you may have wondered if becoming an egg donor is the right move for you. While you may have some reservations about donating your eggs,...
How to Explain Surrogacy to Children
Oh boy! The idea of explaining your choice to become a surrogate to your children is overwhelming! In fact, we’ve heard about a lot of surrogates who are less worried about telling their bosses their choice to become a surrogate than they are to talk with...
Adopting After Infertility
I was young when I was first told that I’d likely never get pregnant on my own. I was also still single. I’d been under the mistaken impression that I still had plenty of time to settle down and have kids.And then, my hopes for the future were...
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