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I had my first baby in Switzerland and the second after moving home to Chicago. Giving birth in the US left much to be desired.
Chantal Panozzo gave birth in the US after having her first abroad. She felt there was something ve…
Chantal Panozzo
I interviewed for my first job after college from a hospital bed. I had just given birth.
I had my first child at 22 and merely weeks after graduating from nursing school. The manager inter…
Chaunie Brusie
I went back to work a week after giving birth. I felt guilty but it made me feel like myself again.
A week after giving birth, Fortesa Latifi took a work meeting. Working made her feel like a person …
Fortesa Latifi
I was 17 when I gave birth to my son. Now that he's off to college, I'm trying to figure out who I am.
Winnie Thompson had her son when she was 17. They grew up together and now he's off to college. She…
Kimanzi Constable
Naomi Osaka says she doesn't want many more kids because giving birth was 'traumatic'
Naomi Osaka revealed in a December interview with InStyle that she even wrote a will before going i…
Amanda Goh
My mom moved in with me for the first 30 days of my baby's life. She feeds me homemade food and ensures I can rest
Hillary Wichlin's mom moved in with her to take care of the 31-year-old after giving birth. She pre…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
I'm an American who gave birth to my 3 kids in Germany. I had a postpartum midwife covered by insurance, and a water birth in the hospital.
I moved to Germany over a decade ago and had all my three kids here. My insurance covered everythin…
Naomi Kaye Honova
Indianapolis is the US city with the highest birth rate, study finds, which could have an impact on its future
Out of the 37 largest US cities, Indianapolis tops the list for highest birth rates, with Seattle l…
Joshua Zitser
Baby naming is big business, with consultants charging up to $10,000 to find the perfect name
Baby naming consultants who rifle through lists and come up with the right fit for families are tur…
Lindsay Dodgson
After giving birth, I was in pain every time I had a bowel movement. Now I give stool softener at baby showers.
At my 6-week postpartum appointment, I was still in pain every time I had a bowel movement. But my …
Minna Dubin
A baby boomer from Baltimore moved to Germany 19 years ago and plans to retire there. He says free healthcare and quality of life are better than in the US.
Jeffrey Park, 63, has worked in Germany since 2005 and plans to retire there. He prefers the healt…
John Towfighi
Why have one baby when you can have 2? People are paying $500,000 to hire 2 surrogates at once and have 'twiblings'
Surrogacy agencies said some intended parents are spending half a million dollars on concurrent sur…
Kelsey Vlamis
Babies are back: The number of Americans who had a kid in 2021 rose for the first time in 7 years
After pushing it off for years, Americans of a certain age — namely, Millennials — may be deciding …
Jason Lalljee
My friend had a baby in Sweden, and I had one in the US. Our experiences were wildly different.
Friends decided to compare their experiences of giving birth in Sweden and the US. They were shocke…
Lauren Finney
A surrogate has given birth to 7 babies, including 4 for other families. She has no plans to stop.
As a surrogate, she's given birth to four babies for other families. Her husband and three children…
Pooja Mistry Shah
I gave birth to my daughter in Japan. My husband and I loved living there, but she needed better healthcare, so I moved back to the US.
We moved to Japan for my husband's job, but when my daughter was born with spina bifida, I moved ba…
Katie Spence
Robert De Niro's partner, Tiffany Chen, reveals she had Bell's palsy after giving birth to their baby. Here's what the condition is and how it's treated.
Tiffany Chen said she started to experience symptoms of Bell's palsy when she got home from the hos…
Rebecca Cohen
A woman said her boss was 'so chill' for not making her work while she was literally giving birth
An employee said she sent her boss a work update from the hospital before giving birth. The video w…
Andrew Lloyd
A mom had her first baby at 25 and her second at 42. There were big differences.
An older mom gave birth to her second baby at 42. Her first pregnancy came at age 25. She discusses…
Jane Ridley
I've birthed 4 babies as a surrogate for up to $50,000, but I didn't do it for the money. Here's what the process is like, from the application to the delivery room.
Read about Heather Clements' life as a surrogate. For nine years, she only worked with LGBTQ+ coupl…