Tag: personal story
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What I Learned When I Opened Up About My Abortion
Get Pregnant Fast At the age of 20, I found myself facing an unexpected pregnancy. For the first eleven weeks, I buried my head in the sand. I crafted excuses for my missed periods, hurried past pregnancy tests at the local pharmacy, and ignored the physical changes happening in my body. I thought that if…
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I Thought I Wanted Another Baby
Get Pregnant Fast Having my youngest child at 26 brought me immense joy, but as we settled into our family of four—a son and a daughter—my husband and I agreed we were done expanding our brood. When I say “we,” I primarily mean him. Coming from a family with just one sibling, he always envisioned…
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Caught in the Crossfire of Shingles
Parenting: Caught in the Crossfire of Shingles Get Pregnant Fast When my mother hit the age of 43, I was a self-assured college student, and to my youthful perspective, she seemed hopelessly ancient. She was a chain smoker of menthol cigarettes, glued to her shows like Hill Street Blues, and reveled in Eric Clapton’s music…
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Temperature Check: My Postpartum Depression Journey
Get Pregnant Fast On the day I went into labor, the sun scorched the pavement at a sweltering 97 degrees. I found myself waiting on a crowded underground subway platform, anxiously anticipating the uptown train that would take me to the hospital. This wasn’t a surprise; I had tried everything to induce labor. From devouring…