Resemblance seems to be one of the primary emotional concerns of donor-egg recipients. From the outside, it’s easy to wonder ...

I was flat on my back under fluorescent lights, bellowing. The epidural had failed. The nitrous oxide had made me puke. Nurses in training had given me rough cervix checks. Labor was dragging me ...

It was November of 2020 and I was under the blue skies of Palm Springs, alone for the first time in nine entire months. I was experiencing that particular brand of tired and dumb that only comes ...

The amount of stuff you have to buy before having a baby feels overwhelming — and that’s because registry guidelines and “comment ‘mama’ for my #1 baby gear picks” and retailers want ...

You do a lot of prep work before welcoming a baby. You pack the bags and you install the car seats and you rearrange your entire life to squeeze another human into it ...

As critic-at-large for The New York Times, Amanda Hess is no stranger to a strong opinion and clear conclusion. But in her first book, Second Life, she joins the rest of us in the sleepless ...

Through the muffle of both an interior door and an exterior one, I hear a chair scraping against pavers. Instantly, adrenaline courses through my body. I can hear the whoosh of my blood pumping in ...

Martha, who is 31, married her high school sweetheart last summer and is expecting her first baby. Martha’s doing what many moms do in their first trimester: announcing to friends and family ...