Yes, We Can Have Kids Too!

What’s the Difference Podcast talks about having kids and having disabilities. The episode was broken into four separate videos, with two dropping on Friday, September 18 and another two one week later, on September 25 (the audio version is in two parts). We talk about our health struggles having kids, different ways one can become parents as well as cultural pressure … Continue Reading

The Loneliness of Being an Awaiting Parent by Surrogacy

As you probably know, I’m expecting, but I’m not pregnant.  I’m not adopting, either.  I’m having a baby through surrogacy and I’ve found it to be very lonely at times.  Many people don’t seem to understand the concept (I mean,… Continue Reading

Fertility and Starting a Family ‘Non-Traditionally’ as a Child of Immigrants

When my husband and I were looking into adoption, my dad asked me whether we would be telling our child.  I rolled my eyes and told him that of course we would be doing so!  The adoption class we took… Continue Reading

Celebrities, Infertility and Being Out in the Open

I am, for one incredibly glad that many celebrities (Kim Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen and Sarah Jessica Parker, for example) have come out about their infertility/fertility issues recently.  It allows those of us who are NOT famous to be more comfortable… 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