Baby
When Should I Tell My Boss I’m Pregnant?
Is it wrong to keep it a secret until after a performance review & raise?
Baby
When Pregnancy Announcements Attack
Telling your news to friends struggling with infertility or pregnancy loss.
Pregnancy
When Pregnancy Announcements Attack, Part II
More advice on navigating fertile vs. infertile friendships when you’re pregnant.
Pregnancy
When Pregnancy Announcements Attack, Part III
Or, what to do when the bitterness starts to taste kind of good.
Pregnancy
Spreading the News
She’s pregnant and wants to tell the world; he wants to wait. Who wins?
Pregnancy
My Friend is Pregnant and I’m Not…Anymore
A good friend’s pregnancy combined with an unexpected personal loss has left her wondering what to do next.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Announcements Under Pressure
When someone else thinks they have the right to decide when and how to share your news.
Pregnancy
Sharing Happy News With Unhappy People
I’m pregnant, and I already know my mother-in-law is going to be angry. Is there any way to soften the blow?
Parenting
Parenting Trends Are So…Trendy
Although my kids are still relatively young, just 10 and 12-years-old, sometimes I feel like I became a mother in the Dark Ages. But 2003 really was kind of like living in a cave, I guess, because I missed many of the trends that have now become permanent fixtures in the life of parents. Gender Reveal Parties? Smash Cakes? Elf on the Shelf?
Pregnancy
When to Tell Your Preschooler You’re Pregnant
When to tell your young child you are pregnant and that they will be a big brother or sister in the near future.
Pregnancy
A Pregnancy & a Parent’s Prognosis
An expectant mom’s father is very ill and because his prognosis is not good she’s debating the merits of announcing her pregnancy sooner rather than later.
Relationships
Pregnancy Announcement Via Baby Shower Invite
A reader needs advice on whether she is overreacting to her sister’s pregnancy announcement which was made via a baby shower invite by one of her friends. Her sister is hurt because she was by her side during her IVF process. We have thoughts.
Relationships
Belated Pregnancy Announcements & Family Facebook Fights
A pregnancy announcement very close to the due date yields a surprised message from a family member. But is the expectant mom overreacting?
Relationships
Breaking the Pregnancy News to a Broken Relationship
We have advice for an expectant mom on how to break the pregnancy news to her older sister who is insecure about her own standing in the immediate family.