Childbirth

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My hip-to-waist ratio is nobody's business but mine
Please, women, don't speculate on my hips' suitability for childbearing!
Will my boyfriend ever want kids and marriage?
He recoils at the idea now, but he's only 26. Should I assume he'll change? Or move on?
We want a kid but don't think it's right to have one
How can you bring a kid into the world when you can't know in advance if the kid wants to exist?
I want a baby so badly it scares me
I just want to make babies. I want it so much I feel insane.
I need a new dream
I put everything I had into the hope of raising children. It isn't going to happen. Now what?
My ex wants our 14-year-old daughter to witness his new wife's childbirth
It irks me to imagine my daughter in the delivery room with her stepmother, but I don't know if I should object.
I get grossed out when I hear, "I'm a mom!"
I'm about to be a mom, actually, but I don't want to just be a mom.
Beyond the Multiplex
"The Business of Being Born" features Ricki Lake, naked, in labor, in a bathtub. It may also change the way you think about childbirth. Plus: Korea's unsung visionary.
I let my friends stay with me and now they're evicting me!
This couple is about to have a baby and there's no room for me -- but it's my place!
Who's too posh to push?
Are C-sections on the rise because women are lazy or because healthcare providers and insurers are lazy?
I don't want more kids but my wonderful husband does
I've got two of my own and I thought I was done ... and then the unexpected happened.
Ricki Lake's "awesome" vagina
The actress and former talk show host takes us on a magical mystery tour through natural childbirth in her new documentary.
I got pregnant with Plan B -- now I need a Plan C!
We want kids but we're not sure we're ready yet -- should we go for it, or abort?
Breast is best, but here's some free formula
Are hospital goody bags sending mixed messages?
A miscarriage of justice, gagged babies and more
A collection of sad news stories that may make you question the theory of evolution.
Old moms on trial
How old is too old to have babies?
Discrimination against male gynecologists?
Swedish clinics ban women from choosing female doctors.
Should I become an egg donor -- to pay off my loans?
I'm troubled by the ethical implications of taking money for my ova.
Should we two mommies tell our child who the sperm donor was?
I think the child will want to know who the father was, but my partner is concerned about interference and complications.
What else we're reading
Battling breast cancer in the Middle East, dangerous diet cocktails, the National At-Home Dads Convention and more!
Dads in the delivery room
Even today's new breed of super-dad still gets a bit freaked out watching his partner give birth, which is why hospitals are now offering prenatal classes for men.
Free Katie Holmes!
Confirmed: Bride of Scientology expected to give birth in silence.
Sexual healing
I used to relish the challenge of being good in bed. I read the Kama Sutra with steely discipline, confident there wasn't a skill I couldn't master. Then I had a baby.
No belly, no respect
During my pregnancy, strangers constantly told me that I was too small to be healthy -- even suggesting my baby might be abnormal. Who said expectant mothers have to look like fertility goddesses?
What you don't know can kill you
A brush with death in the delivery room brings a windfall of frightening family secrets.
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