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My First Pregnancy Was Textbook. This One Feels Like a Minefield.
Acceptance from loved ones is hugely helpful, but we still need better trans awareness in healthcare.
After a Year of Trying as a Single Dad, I'm Finally Pregnant Again
Before my IUI, it felt like I was enduring gender dysphoria for no reason while off testosterone. But this fertility treatment worked right away.
People Are Timing Their Pregnancies to Get Kids With ‘Good’ Zodiac Signs
“We delayed trying for our next by a month, hoping to avoid a Pisces.”
Confronting the ‘Failure’ of Miscarriage as a Trans Man
“The loss I’m experiencing is, in fact, mostly that of a story I was telling myself.”
Why I'm Sharing Everything About My Experience As a Pregnant Dad
Introducing Dad Bod, a series in which Freddy McConnell details the personal and political ups and downs of being pregnant as a trans man in the UK.
Both Parents’ Drinking Habits Matter When They’re Trying to Have a Baby
Reproductive health has long focused on the pregnant person's behavior—but their partner's lifestyle is important, too.
Our Parents Reviewed Our Instagram Accounts
"I can tell from some of these pictures—the one where you've got your glittery bosom out, with the Playboy necklace—that you're proud of your body."
The Reality of Being Pregnant at University
Why isn't support, access or information better for people who become pregnant, or parents, while studying?
The Sort of Parents ‘Generation Anxiety’ Will Grow Up to Be
How mental health intersects with our decision on whether or not to have kids in the future.
The Concept of Women 'Having It All' Has Never Been Realistic, But Now It's Extinct
As a literal statement it's never held water, but it ultimately boils down to the option to have both a career and children. Now, late capitalism has rendered that near-impossible.
Singapore Is Threatening to Ban LGBTQ Citizens from Adopting Children
The government is considering changing its laws after a gay father won the right to adopt his biological son last year.
A Woman Went to Prison After Her Baby's Dad Was Accused of Child Abuse
"I gotta be strong for my babies," she said from jail.