Check Your ‘Birth Parent Privilege,’ Please!

pregnancy, maternity, parents

By now, you probably know that we are having a baby via surrogate.  We decided long ago that we will be very open about how our son or daughter came into our lives, but it’s been very difficult to find… Continue Reading

Pursuing Dreams as a Child of Immigrants

I’m the first generation in my family to be a Canadian born Canadian.  My parents came here a few years before I was born.  I recently saw a BuzzFeed video featuring adult children of Asian immigrants to the United States… Continue Reading

Frustrations of Being Child-Free by Circumstance

I’m tired of people telling me that it’s “fine” not to have children and that there are plenty of women who don’t have kids.  Well, many women/couples do not have children because they choose to.  That’s called being child-free by… Continue Reading

Infertility, IVF and ‘How to Buy a Baby’

I don’t normally binge-watch anything, but last weekend, I watched the ENTIRE FIRST SEASON of How to Buy a Baby, a Canadian comedy web series on infertility available on cbc.ca.  This wasn’t a “hopping on the bandwagon” kind of thing… Continue Reading