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  1. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Nearly Died After Her C-section“As soon as I got into the recovery room, I knew something was off.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  2. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Fostered 24 Kids and Adopted One“Dropping off my first foster baby was crushing. A couple days later, I found a rogue baby sock and broke down. I was really surprised by the grief.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  3. how i got this baby
    The Mom Whose Husband Died in a Car Wreck When She Was 9 Months Pregnant“I looked up from my phone and saw that we were crossing the double yellow lines of the two-way highway.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  4. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Became the Adoptive Parent She Never Had“Being in foster care and knowing how many bad homes are out there, I’ve always known that I wanted to adopt a child.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  5. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Had a Home Birth After a C-Section“I was determined to create a different birthing experience than the one I had with my first child. I needed to prove that I could do it.”
    As told to L'Oreal Thompson Payton
  6. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Became a Foster Parent After a Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy“I had feared getting attached to a child and then losing them, but now I had a new mindset.”
    As told to L'Oreal Thompson Payton
  7. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Moved in With Her Sperm Donor“Once he met the baby, he told me, ‘I just held him and I fell in love with him.’”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  8. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Expected Her Baby’s Father to Leave His Wife“He was planting seeds in my head that we could be together one day.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  9. pet ethics
    Why Did I Stop Loving My Cat When I Had a Baby?A freelance writer examines a fraught period of time following the birth of her child.
    By Anonymous
  10. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant Until She Was in Labor“A wave of pain hit me so badly that I catapulted up from the recliner, landing with my back arched like a cat ready to attack.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  11. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Went Back to Work in Construction 9 Days After Giving Birth“That first year of my daughter’s life, trying to keep my business afloat and dealing with the pressures of COVID, was the worst year of my life.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  12. how i got this baby
    The Single Dad Who Had a Baby Via Surrogate“I always say I’m doing this solo, not alone. Alone sounds sad. Solo sounds like more of an adventure.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  13. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Got Pregnant While on Birth Control at Age 46“I didn’t think about how much work it was going to be until I was all up in it. And then, suddenly, I was like, What did I do?”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  14. family
    Many infant cribs in nursery or daycare
    What Day-care Workers and Preschool Teachers Really Think About Their JobsSix women get candid on dwindling enrollment, priced-out parents, and crying kids.
    As told to Anya Kamenetz
  15. how i got this baby
    The Dads Who Adopted a Nonverbal 7-Year-Old With Autism“It was quite a frightening undertaking, to be honest. I remember thinking, Can we really handle this?”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  16. how i got this baby
    The Mom Whose Water Broke at 26 Weeks in a Foreign Country“They put me in an ambulance and transferred me to this huge yellow building that looked like a crumbling cathedral.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  17. celebrity baby
    TikTok’s Baby-Naming Experts Have Suggestions for Justin and Hailey BieberWill it be Win Bieber? Prince Bieber? Zurich Rhode Bieber? We asked the internet’s leading baby-naming consultants to place their bets.
    By Tanya Chen
  18. celebrity babies
    2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
    Hilary Duff Had Her Fourth BabyThe actress announced the birth of her daughter Townes on Instagram.
    By Olivia Craighead
  19. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Got Ovarian Cancer After Having Her Ovaries Removed“We’ve fought so hard; we created our child, you know? What if I die and I leave her without a mom? What does that look like?”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  20. how i got this baby
    The Mom Racing to Diagnose Her Child’s Life-Threatening Food AllergiesI was panicking, thinking, Is my next call to my husband going to be me telling him our baby died?
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  21. how i got this baby
    The Single Mom Whose Friend Found Her a Donor Embryo“It took time to get to an emotional place where I could say: I don’t care if we share genetics. I just want a family.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  22. fertility
    What If You Hadn’t Frozen Your Eggs?For many patients, egg freezing provides the comfort of possibility. But for some, the procedure can be so uncomfortable it no longer feels worth it.
    By Rae Nudson
  23. parenting
    How to Survive the ‘Fourth Trimester’The weeks that follow birth are more brutal than you could ever imagine — especially if you don’t know what to expect.
    By Amil Niazi
  24. how i got this baby
    The Mom of 3 Who Has Been a Surrogate 4 Times“I’ve come to look at it as extreme babysitting. I tell myself I’m babysitting an embryo, and then a fetus.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  25. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Gave Birth Minutes After Being Turned Away From the Hospital“I told them to call 911. Then I started hollering, ‘Baby’s coming! He’s coming!’”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  26. parenting
    The Parents Who Dread Their Kids’ BedtimeBeing home for the evening routine is a point of pride for many moms and dads. But some relish missing it.
    By Elizabeth Passarella
  27. parenting
    Anonymous young woman taking care of her baby while working at home with smartphone
    A Compendium of the Strangest Newborn-Baby Content on TikTokPerhaps that 2-month-old would sleep better if you didn’t have a ring light trained on him.
    By Allie Jones
  28. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Left Her Husband at 20 Weeks Pregnant“He had been lying about being in a master’s program for a year and a half. I had thought he was going to be graduating in June.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  29. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Told Her Cousin She Could Adopt Her Next Baby“I wrote explaining my reasons for not wanting to do it anymore — later, she saw me in a parking lot and tried to hit me with her car.”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  30. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Lost Her Home the Day Before She Gave Birth“When I returned to my apartment later that afternoon, my key didn’t work. They had changed the locks while I was gone.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  31. controversy
    Why Are TikTok Moms Mad at Kyte Baby?A popular baby-clothing brand is under fire for denying an employee maternity leave.
    By Danielle Cohen
  32. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Had Three Babies with Cystic Fibrosis“We were at my parents’ house when we got the call. I lost it.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  33. parenting
    What You Actually ‘Need’ to Have a Kid, and What You Don’tThe decision to become a parent shouldn’t hinge on how much new stuff you can afford to buy.
    By Amil Niazi
  34. parenting
    The Single Mom Who Fostered Three Afghan Refugee Teenagers“You can’t fathom what they’ve been through. You can look at them and judge them, but until you know their story, you can’t understand.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  35. parenting
    TikTok’s Version of Parenting Is a Nightmare FantasyHaving a baby isn’t easy, but it’s far from the hellscape I can’t stop watching on my FYP.
    By Amil Niazi
  36. parenting
    The Dad Who Became a Widower at 30 With 8-Month-Old Twins“I couldn’t stop thinking, How am I going to do this without her? We wanted to do this together.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  37. parenting
    The Mom Who Was Fired a Week Before Her Due Date“My son was born in early June. And on the day he was born, I couldn’t stop thinking about the lawsuit.”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  38. parenting
    The Couple Whose Twins Survived Birth at 22 Weeks“He said, ‘There’s no point. Your babies are not going to survive.’ He kept saying that: ‘There’s no point.’”
    As told to Kristen Mascia
  39. celebrity
    Elon Musk: Still ReproducingHe and Grimes reportedly had a third child, Techno Mechanicus, last year.
    By Danielle Cohen
  40. relationships
    Why Can’t Our Friendship Survive Your Baby?Nothing threatens adult relationships like when some friends have kids and others don’t.
    By Allison P. Davis
  41. parenting
    Having a Kid at the End of the WorldIn the face of bleak climate future, is it okay to want a baby in the present?
    By Amil Niazi
  42. babies
    Congratulations to Greta Gerwig on Her Other ProjectShe and her partner, Noah Baumbach, welcomed a second child earlier this year.
    By Danielle Cohen
  43. dreaming
    Baby girl lying down and smiling
    What Does It Mean If You’re Having Dreams About Babies?“Usually baby dreams are a really positive sign that represent growth or development.” There are, of course, exceptions.
    By Claire Lampen
  44. naomi campbell
    Naomi Campbell Is a Mom of TwoThe supermodel, 53, announced the arrival of her baby boy on Instagram.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  45. celebrity babies
    Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Welcome Fourth Child via SurrogateIn an emotional Instagram post, Teigen shared news of the birth of son Wren Alexander Stephens. His name is an ode to their surrogate, Alexandra.
    By Tiana Randall
  46. first person
    The First Baby I LovedWhen an adoption match turned unexpectedly complicated, we were faced with our first-ever parenting decision — and our hardest.
    By Katie Nugent
  47. advice
    What to Do (and Not to Do) When Your Friend Has a NewbornForget sending a onesie.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  48. parenting
    Are We All Secretly Co-sleeping?The answer, according to Instagram and TikTok, is yes. Now if only we could talk about it outside of the comments section.
    By Wendy Syfret
  49. q&a
    Lampooning Every Parent’s NightmareNobody wants to drop a baby, but Anna Konkle found a way to make you laugh about it.
    By Emily Maskell
  50. parenting
    How TikTok Has Supercharged the Age-Old Debate Over Sleep TrainingThe never-ending discourse over how to put your baby to sleep enters the digital age.
    By Laura Hazard Owen
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