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Delirium, Joy, & Never-Ending Information: The Trifecta of New Motherhood

Before I had a kid, I was convinced that I could handle anything. I'd worked my way from community college to the University of Michigan to a job at Google to a career in television hosting. I was no stranger to late nights, weekly business travel, and the never-ending grind of building a career. It was all I knew for the entirety of my 20s. I'd been through successes and failures. I'd made immense sacrifices, and I became almost too good at functioning on three hours of sleep and lots of caffei

By Stephanie Montgomery

Culture

Help! I'm in Love With Two Different Women

Today, the armchair psychologist is dealing with some major love triangle drama.

By Ubah Bulale

Culture

Help! My Boyfriend Deleted Me on Social Media!

Today, the armchair psychologist is dealing with some frenemy issues and another who's dealing with a difficult mother.

By Ubah Bulale

Frontier

Canceling IVF And Navigating Infertility During The Pandemic

After more than two years, two doctors, countless negative pregnancy tests, one miscarriage, and one failed IUI treatment cycle, we are still waiting. Our plans have not become our reality. Now, our plans are indefinitely on hold because of a pandemic. A pandemic?! Now that's a curveball that not even a seasoned infertility warrior could have seen coming, especially one that was two weeks away from starting IVF.

By Cassie Lando

Frontier

Why I Stopped Comparing Myself To Others

I'm 34 years old. I have been in a relationship for the past six years. I am also unmarried, and I have no kids. Too often, I scroll through Instagram and look at the endless women who are pregnant or who already have beautiful families. After trying to conceive for over two years, seeing other people's "haves" on the internet often makes me feel my "have nots" to an extreme. Every time I see a pregnancy announcement, or even an engagement—even though I am in no rush to get married—it makes me f

By Jaclyn Genovese

Frontier

Need Help Getting Pregnant? This Female Led Startup Is Breaking The Stigma Around Infertility

It seems that most people are more interested in how not to get pregnant these days, but where can you turn to when you actually want the opposite? That is where Natalist steps in. After experiencing the struggles of IVF first-hand, Natalist founder and CEO, Halle Tecco, (former founder of venture capital fund Rock Health) was inspired to start a company that connects women with basic fertility support and education.

By Chioma Ikpe

Career

How Pregnancy Discrimination Has Become a Problem of Humanity

When it comes to the workplace, women, indisputably, are treated this way. It's simple biology, we hear over and over, that we're too emotional, less logical, more prone to getting upset, less proficient at data-driven fields, natural caregivers, and so on (never mind the actual data that invalidates these sexist stereotypes). But perhaps there is nothing thrown our way more invidious than discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.

By Liz Elting