uk pregnancy
Becoming a 'Single Mother by Choice' is a rising trend.
How many of these have you experienced?
"I have no idea why he would even ask me."
"'What happened?' I asked. 'You haemorrhaged again,' she said. 'This time you lost over a litre of blood.'"
"At first I was only supposed to be tracking my blood glucose and not changing my diet — but I began examining everything that went into my mouth, secretly Googling whether foods were 'allowed.'”
"A quarter of pregnancies end in miscarriage. We are told to keep early pregnancies private in order to be spared the pain of sharing our loss."
"Me? A mom? I was too jagged, too broken, too cold."
Scientists have discovered a hormone that causes nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, pointing the way toward future treatment options.
That's a relief.
"The idea appalled me at 6 and it still appalls me at 30. I’m quite certain it will appall me right through menopause."