Conception Basics

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News

Frida Mom Launches New “Uncensored” Site With Porn Star For Instructional Videos

by Jamie Kenney

“We deserve to know about our bodies.”

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Politics

The First Baby Born Via IVF In U.S. Attended Biden’s State Of The Union Address

by Jamie Kenney

“For the first time in my 42 years of life, I feel like an endangered species.”

Women's Health

Why Do We Know So Little About Fibroids?

by Lindsey Granger

Uterine fibroids are common, painful, and can have devastating effects on fertility, but we’ve normalized this suffering instead of pushing for a cure.

Pregnancy

The Radical Freedom Of IVF

by Krys Malcolm Belc

The real answer to what an embryo is: part science, part context, part feeling.

hope

Pregnancy Test Tweakers Are My People

by Elisabeth Sherman

Editing photos of pregnancy tests until they look positive might seem deluded, but these online communities help me feel less alone.

reproductive rights

I Can’t Stop Thinking About The People In Alabama Who Lost Their Embryos

by Kate Suddes

This decision causes more suffering, not less. It doesn't even erase their suffering.

Politics

Clinics Halt IVF Treatment After Alabama's Top Court Ruled Frozen Embryos Are "Children"

by Jamie Kenney

The court predicted this outcome in its dissenting opinion.

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DEBUNKED

6 Common Fertility Myths You (Probably) Don’t Have To Worry About

by Jamie Kenney

Romper spoke to fertility specialists about common misconceptions about infertility

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grief

I've Been Internalizing Shame My Entire Life — But I Refuse To Feel It Over My Miscarriage

by Ko Im

I Googled how to translate the word “miscarriage” into Korean — wondering how to break the news to my mom when I was barely processing it myself.

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Yay Or Nay?

Can You Have Sex During Implantation? OB-GYNs Weigh In

by Katie McPherson

It depends on who you ask.