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As a global maternal health researcher and the leader of the nonprofit Nurturely, I unintentionally spent the past decade preparing for the moment I would become a mother. I read every book on birth ...

I was adopted as an infant, and I recently took a DNA test in an effort to connect with my biological family. I’d been considering taking this step for years, and after my dad passed away, it hit me ...

A woman abandoned as a baby had all but given up hope of ever finding her birth family, until she got a text message that changed everything. Amber Nichols from Seattle, Washington, always knew the ...

A woman who almost died during childbirth at home alongside her baby said she has no regrets – and would still advocate for ...

Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again, potentially ...